Triple

T638858
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Graham E16685 entity
Predicate influenced P9 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • D. George C. Rankin
    George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • D. George C. Rankin
    George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
  • 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.