Triple

T7346265
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merrill Lynch E169388 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edmund C. Lynch
Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
E810374 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: Edmund C. Lynch | Statement: [Merrill Lynch, foundedBy, Edmund C. Lynch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund C. Lynch
Context triple: [Merrill Lynch, foundedBy, Edmund C. Lynch]
  • A. Charles E. Kearney
    Charles E. Kearney was a 19th-century American railroad executive and civic leader after whom the city of Kearney, Missouri, is named.
  • B. Edwin J. Burke
    Edwin J. Burke was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his work in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema, including several films starring Shirley Temple.
  • C. Thomas W. Connell
    Thomas W. Connell was a U.S. military officer best known for commanding American forces involved in the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
  • D. William X. O'Brien
    William X. O'Brien was an influential Irish trade unionist and political organizer who played a key role in shaping Ireland’s labor movement and early 20th-century politics.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Edmund C. Lynch
Triple: [Merrill Lynch, foundedBy, Edmund C. Lynch]
Generated description
Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund C. Lynch
Target entity description: Edmund C. Lynch was an American financier and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage and financial services companies in the world.
  • A. Charles E. Kearney
    Charles E. Kearney was a 19th-century American railroad executive and civic leader after whom the city of Kearney, Missouri, is named.
  • B. Edwin J. Burke
    Edwin J. Burke was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his work in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema, including several films starring Shirley Temple.
  • C. Thomas W. Connell
    Thomas W. Connell was a U.S. military officer best known for commanding American forces involved in the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
  • D. William X. O'Brien
    William X. O'Brien was an influential Irish trade unionist and political organizer who played a key role in shaping Ireland’s labor movement and early 20th-century politics.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c68a5878888190968ce4d04db8d69f completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0f0329c8190a0182e3bf62604e5 completed March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d178a6467c8190aab201fb12d2a64e completed April 4, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17b5514d881909cd5357ce21649a8 completed April 4, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17bb23b68819083a54ff8a19f741c completed April 4, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.