Triple
T5139831
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus |
E115916
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Anthony Bailey
James Anthony Bailey was a prominent American circus impresario and showman best known for co-founding the famed Barnum & Bailey Circus, which later became part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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E495709
|
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: James Anthony Bailey | Statement: [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, foundedBy, James Anthony Bailey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Anthony Bailey Context triple: [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, foundedBy, James Anthony Bailey]
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A.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was a London-based bookseller and publisher active in the early 18th century, known for issuing significant scientific works including Isaac Newton’s "Opticks."
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C.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was an American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer and politician who led the defense of Baltimore against the British in 1814.
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D.
John C. Pemberton
John C. Pemberton was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding Southern forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
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E.
James Bailey
James Bailey is a former American professional basketball player who played as a forward/center in the NBA, primarily known for his time with the Seattle SuperSonics and New Jersey Nets in the late 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: James Anthony Bailey Triple: [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, foundedBy, James Anthony Bailey]
Generated description
James Anthony Bailey was a prominent American circus impresario and showman best known for co-founding the famed Barnum & Bailey Circus, which later became part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Anthony Bailey Target entity description: James Anthony Bailey was a prominent American circus impresario and showman best known for co-founding the famed Barnum & Bailey Circus, which later became part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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A.
Henry Overholt
Henry Overholt was a member of the prominent Overholt family connected to the historic West Overton industrial and distilling complex in Pennsylvania.
-
B.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was a London-based bookseller and publisher active in the early 18th century, known for issuing significant scientific works including Isaac Newton’s "Opticks."
-
C.
Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was an American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 officer and politician who led the defense of Baltimore against the British in 1814.
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D.
John C. Pemberton
John C. Pemberton was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding Southern forces at the Siege of Vicksburg.
-
E.
James Bailey
James Bailey is a former American professional basketball player who played as a forward/center in the NBA, primarily known for his time with the Seattle SuperSonics and New Jersey Nets in the late 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69bd44459a988190a772a5c2ec6a1965 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd787ce7fc8190844b6078755cddad |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bec4d637f48190b825bc21d3776307 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bec5912be08190a99d7b61acdfec93 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bec67416c48190aed61c9f37bd718a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.