Triple
T5178052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Electro-Motive Division |
E116848
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul W. Kiefer
Paul W. Kiefer was an American engineer and industrialist best known for his pioneering role in developing diesel-electric locomotive technology and helping shape modern railroad motive power.
|
E597335
|
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: Paul W. Kiefer | Statement: [Electro-Motive Division, foundedBy, Paul W. Kiefer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul W. Kiefer Context triple: [Electro-Motive Division, foundedBy, Paul W. Kiefer]
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A.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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B.
Thomas F. Hofmann
Thomas F. Hofmann is a German food chemist and academic leader who serves as president of the Technical University of Munich.
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C.
Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
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D.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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E.
Charles J. Kersten
Charles J. Kersten was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Paul W. Kiefer Triple: [Electro-Motive Division, foundedBy, Paul W. Kiefer]
Generated description
Paul W. Kiefer was an American engineer and industrialist best known for his pioneering role in developing diesel-electric locomotive technology and helping shape modern railroad motive power.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul W. Kiefer Target entity description: Paul W. Kiefer was an American engineer and industrialist best known for his pioneering role in developing diesel-electric locomotive technology and helping shape modern railroad motive power.
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A.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
-
B.
Thomas F. Hofmann
Thomas F. Hofmann is a German food chemist and academic leader who serves as president of the Technical University of Munich.
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C.
Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
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D.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
-
E.
Charles J. Kersten
Charles J. Kersten was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69bd446140f08190becb93c61158f27f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7976339481909ece900de22064f2 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c65f9d763c81908bdc6d9cfc718a55 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c66004d46c81908ce834315486d18f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c660593534819094c23ee145222ff8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.