Triple

T4438829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alston & Bird E95717 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Guyton Alston
Guyton Alston was a key founding figure behind the prominent U.S. law firm Alston & Bird.
E449731 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Guyton Alston | Statement: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Guyton Alston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guyton Alston
Context triple: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Guyton Alston]
  • A. Eric E. Osmond
    Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
  • B. William Howell Davis
    William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. Samuel Lane Loomis
    Samuel Lane Loomis was an American Congregational minister, educator, and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Guyton Alston
Triple: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Guyton Alston]
Generated description
Guyton Alston was a key founding figure behind the prominent U.S. law firm Alston & Bird.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guyton Alston
Target entity description: Guyton Alston was a key founding figure behind the prominent U.S. law firm Alston & Bird.
  • A. Eric E. Osmond
    Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
  • B. William Howell Davis
    William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. Samuel Lane Loomis
    Samuel Lane Loomis was an American Congregational minister, educator, and author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Fred M. Wilcox
    Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69b3453ea2b48190a26f154b3b8fece5 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b355aaa9288190b95d875d343d6ee5 completed March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bda41426ec8190a239da38bd3643fd completed March 20, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bda5e9ccc48190bfde05c935db0ef6 completed March 20, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bda635f8d8819095604fdeab5e39e7 completed March 20, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:31 p.m.