Triple

T6653341
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette E150877 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William H. Donaldson
William H. Donaldson is an American investment banker and public official best known as the co-founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
 E609091 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 H. Donaldson | Statement: [Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, foundedBy, William H. Donaldson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Donaldson
Context triple: [Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, foundedBy, William H. Donaldson]
  • A. Bob Feerick
    Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
  • B. Paul O’Neill
    Paul O’Neill is a former Major League Baseball right fielder best known as a key member of the New York Yankees’ late-1990s dynasty, celebrated for his clutch hitting and fiery competitiveness.
  • C. Howard Amacker
    Howard Amacker was a screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century American Western films, including the 1959 movie "No Name on the Bullet."
  • D. C. Douglas Dillon Jr.
    C. Douglas Dillon Jr. is the son of former U.S. Treasury Secretary and diplomat C. Douglas Dillon, belonging to the prominent Dillon family associated with American finance and public service.
  • E. Bill Baird
    Bill Baird is an American musician and experimental artist known for his work in psychedelic and avant-garde music projects.
  • 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 H. Donaldson
Triple: [Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, foundedBy, William H. Donaldson]
Generated description
William H. Donaldson is an American investment banker and public official best known as the co-founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Donaldson
Target entity description: William H. Donaldson is an American investment banker and public official best known as the co-founder of the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • A. Bob Feerick
    Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
  • B. Paul O’Neill
    Paul O’Neill is a former Major League Baseball right fielder best known as a key member of the New York Yankees’ late-1990s dynasty, celebrated for his clutch hitting and fiery competitiveness.
  • C. Howard Amacker
    Howard Amacker was a screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century American Western films, including the 1959 movie "No Name on the Bullet."
  • D. C. Douglas Dillon Jr.
    C. Douglas Dillon Jr. is the son of former U.S. Treasury Secretary and diplomat C. Douglas Dillon, belonging to the prominent Dillon family associated with American finance and public service.
  • E. Bill Baird
    Bill Baird is an American musician and experimental artist known for his work in psychedelic and avant-garde music projects.
  • 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_69c687f2c9508190a60b9aad31d3f358 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b047eb688190bca86be98ac25e39 completed March 27, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6eefd800c8190806cf3dff204ca01 completed March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f0a2a150819091ec6e6d2905abcb completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f1344dd4819096c1d3e216320c4d completed March 27, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:01 p.m.