Triple
T7578805
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sprott School of Business |
E179429
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Eric Sprott
Eric Sprott is a Canadian billionaire investor and philanthropist best known for his success in the precious metals sector and for major charitable donations to educational and healthcare institutions.
|
E675031
|
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: Eric Sprott | Statement: [Sprott School of Business, namedAfter, Eric Sprott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Sprott Context triple: [Sprott School of Business, namedAfter, Eric Sprott]
-
A.
Michael G. DeGroote
Michael G. DeGroote was a Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for his major donations to education and healthcare, including McMaster University's medical school.
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B.
Seymour Schulich
Seymour Schulich is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist known for his major contributions to education and the arts, including endowing several academic institutions that bear his name.
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C.
Richard F. Haskayne
Richard F. Haskayne is a prominent Canadian businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the energy sector and major contributions to business education.
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D.
Peter A. Allard
Peter A. Allard is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and philanthropist known for his major philanthropic contributions to legal education, including endowing the University of British Columbia’s law school.
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E.
Brian Gewirtz
Brian Gewirtz is a television writer and producer best known for his long tenure as a head writer for WWE and his executive role at Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions.
- 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: Eric Sprott Triple: [Sprott School of Business, namedAfter, Eric Sprott]
Generated description
Eric Sprott is a Canadian billionaire investor and philanthropist best known for his success in the precious metals sector and for major charitable donations to educational and healthcare institutions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Sprott Target entity description: Eric Sprott is a Canadian billionaire investor and philanthropist best known for his success in the precious metals sector and for major charitable donations to educational and healthcare institutions.
-
A.
Michael G. DeGroote
Michael G. DeGroote was a Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for his major donations to education and healthcare, including McMaster University's medical school.
-
B.
Seymour Schulich
Seymour Schulich is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist known for his major contributions to education and the arts, including endowing several academic institutions that bear his name.
-
C.
Richard F. Haskayne
Richard F. Haskayne is a prominent Canadian businessman and philanthropist known for his leadership in the energy sector and major contributions to business education.
-
D.
Peter A. Allard
Peter A. Allard is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and philanthropist known for his major philanthropic contributions to legal education, including endowing the University of British Columbia’s law school.
-
E.
Brian Gewirtz
Brian Gewirtz is a television writer and producer best known for his long tenure as a head writer for WWE and his executive role at Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions.
- 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_69c69f327db881909a21ae3b156f8ded |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f97460a481909d61fba555567b66 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8616d87f881909fe23220dc77167c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8625282bc8190bd1eecc13c1d4744 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8630fe8608190afc7b67d9a80240b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:51 p.m.