Triple
T7346289
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merrill Lynch |
E169388
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Komansky
David Komansky was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, overseeing its expansion into a global financial services powerhouse in the 1990s and early 2000s.
|
E659386
|
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: David Komansky | Statement: [Merrill Lynch, keyPerson, David Komansky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Komansky Context triple: [Merrill Lynch, keyPerson, David Komansky]
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A.
Jeff Kodosky
Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
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B.
David S. Kaufman
David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
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C.
James C. Strouse
James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
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D.
Josh Kesselman
Josh Kesselman is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as the series "The Great."
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E.
Jonathan Poneman
Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
- 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: David Komansky Triple: [Merrill Lynch, keyPerson, David Komansky]
Generated description
David Komansky was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, overseeing its expansion into a global financial services powerhouse in the 1990s and early 2000s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Komansky Target entity description: David Komansky was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, overseeing its expansion into a global financial services powerhouse in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
Jeff Kodosky
Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
-
B.
David S. Kaufman
David S. Kaufman was a 19th-century Texas politician and statesman who served as a U.S. Congressman and played a significant role in the early political development of Texas.
-
C.
James C. Strouse
James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
-
D.
Josh Kesselman
Josh Kesselman is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as the series "The Great."
-
E.
Jonathan Poneman
Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
- 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_69c7fa916ac881909acee8184b71dc85 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fb05966c819089f47be0b9d32cb2 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fddb63908190a5123ed8d7c9be1f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.