Triple
T4974550
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | KPMG |
E111733
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Barclay Peat
William Barclay Peat was a prominent Scottish accountant and business leader who built one of the major predecessor firms that eventually became the global professional services network KPMG.
|
E484627
|
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: William Barclay Peat | Statement: [KPMG, foundedBy, William Barclay Peat]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barclay Peat Context triple: [KPMG, foundedBy, William Barclay Peat]
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A.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
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B.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
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C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
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D.
George Steer
George Steer was a British journalist best known for his eyewitness reporting on the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which brought global attention to the atrocity.
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E.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
- 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: William Barclay Peat Triple: [KPMG, foundedBy, William Barclay Peat]
Generated description
William Barclay Peat was a prominent Scottish accountant and business leader who built one of the major predecessor firms that eventually became the global professional services network KPMG.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barclay Peat Target entity description: William Barclay Peat was a prominent Scottish accountant and business leader who built one of the major predecessor firms that eventually became the global professional services network KPMG.
-
A.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
-
B.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
-
C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
-
D.
George Steer
George Steer was a British journalist best known for his eyewitness reporting on the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which brought global attention to the atrocity.
-
E.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
- 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_69bd441a0eb481908050fa4273b19eae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd722e77208190833dc760a57428d5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be8a01e548819087e3a6ae2cd581b9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be8c193f2c8190a220ffc2571bcb64 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be8c6723f08190b0e722dbb1171173 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.