Triple
T638858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin Graham |
E16685
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William J. Ruane
William J. Ruane was an American value investor and fund manager best known for founding the Sequoia Fund and for his close professional association with Warren Buffett.
|
E272295
|
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 J. Ruane | Statement: [Benjamin Graham, influenced, William J. Ruane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Ruane Context triple: [Benjamin Graham, influenced, William J. Ruane]
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A.
Arthur E. Molloy
Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
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B.
George H. Fallon
George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
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C.
Edmund J. James
Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
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D.
George C. Rankin
George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
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E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
- 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 J. Ruane Triple: [Benjamin Graham, influenced, William J. Ruane]
Generated description
William J. Ruane was an American value investor and fund manager best known for founding the Sequoia Fund and for his close professional association with Warren Buffett.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Ruane Target entity description: William J. Ruane was an American value investor and fund manager best known for founding the Sequoia Fund and for his close professional association with Warren Buffett.
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A.
Arthur E. Molloy
Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
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B.
George H. Fallon
George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
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C.
Edmund J. James
Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
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D.
George C. Rankin
George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
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E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f00260081909d1a679182e23d10 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af1f642cf481908028e4947c98e29c |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af1ffa32008190a8c654a2ae4623aa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af20e52660819080efea271eee7b13 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.