Triple
T725103
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
E14707
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Sanders
Thomas Sanders was an American businessman and early telecommunications pioneer who co-founded the company that became AT&T.
|
E154153
|
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: Thomas Sanders | Statement: [American Telephone and Telegraph Company, foundedBy, Thomas Sanders]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sanders Context triple: [American Telephone and Telegraph Company, foundedBy, Thomas Sanders]
-
A.
Tim Sanders
Tim Sanders is a New Zealand film producer best known for his work on Peter Jackson’s acclaimed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
-
B.
Matthew Sands
Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
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C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- 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: Thomas Sanders Triple: [American Telephone and Telegraph Company, foundedBy, Thomas Sanders]
Generated description
Thomas Sanders was an American businessman and early telecommunications pioneer who co-founded the company that became AT&T.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sanders Target entity description: Thomas Sanders was an American businessman and early telecommunications pioneer who co-founded the company that became AT&T.
-
A.
Tim Sanders
Tim Sanders is a New Zealand film producer best known for his work on Peter Jackson’s acclaimed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
-
B.
Matthew Sands
Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
-
C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
-
D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
-
E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- 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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5a7fb7c819096db848fe2ba246a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc5f8bc2081908f7d2435ce43fdc4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc6dbd80881908d640ee204ce9a12 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc8199f508190a86c18ad9085d341 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.