Triple

T5130895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lima Locomotive Works E115695 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John Carnes
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
 E575026 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: John Carnes | Statement: [Lima Locomotive Works, founder, John Carnes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Carnes
Context triple: [Lima Locomotive Works, founder, John Carnes]
  • A. Charles Roane
    Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
  • B. John Cason
    John Cason was an American character actor and stuntman known for his numerous supporting roles in Western films and television during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • C. Dale Harbison Carnagey
    Dale Harbison Carnagey, better known as Dale Carnegie, was an influential American writer and lecturer whose self-improvement and interpersonal skills courses and books, such as "How to Win Friends and Influence People," shaped modern personal development and business communication.
  • D. John Ketcham
    John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
  • E. Glen Tullman
    Glen Tullman is an American healthcare technology entrepreneur and executive best known for leading and building major digital health companies, including Allscripts.
  • 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: John Carnes
Triple: [Lima Locomotive Works, founder, John Carnes]
Generated description
John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Carnes
Target entity description: John Carnes was an American industrialist best known for co-founding the Lima Locomotive Works, a major manufacturer of steam locomotives in the United States.
  • A. Charles Roane
    Charles Roane is a music producer known for his work on the album "Back to Basics."
  • B. John Cason
    John Cason was an American character actor and stuntman known for his numerous supporting roles in Western films and television during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • C. Dale Harbison Carnagey
    Dale Harbison Carnagey, better known as Dale Carnegie, was an influential American writer and lecturer whose self-improvement and interpersonal skills courses and books, such as "How to Win Friends and Influence People," shaped modern personal development and business communication.
  • D. John Ketcham
    John Ketcham is a film producer best known for his work on the biographical sports drama "The Hurricane."
  • E. Glen Tullman
    Glen Tullman is an American healthcare technology entrepreneur and executive best known for leading and building major digital health companies, including Allscripts.
  • 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_69bd444426bc819099ccd23f141e22aa completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd782904788190b544540483915c0e completed March 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16e581e94819086313b9d3a40b159 completed March 23, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1e023cfd0819089cb5727c673f098 completed March 24, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1e07df8388190ba0ed8879a4ca2ee completed March 24, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:42 p.m.