Triple
T7977795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Toles |
E185489
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedFor |
P1910
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Buffalo Courier-Express
The Buffalo Courier-Express was a major daily newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, known for its influential local journalism before ceasing publication in the 1980s.
|
E707837
|
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: The Buffalo Courier-Express | Statement: [Tom Toles, workedFor, The Buffalo Courier-Express]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buffalo Courier-Express Context triple: [Tom Toles, workedFor, The Buffalo Courier-Express]
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A.
The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is a major daily newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, known for its comprehensive coverage of Western New York news and politics.
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B.
Daily Herald
The Daily Herald was a British daily newspaper known for its left-wing, pro-labour stance and mass working-class readership during much of the 20th century.
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C.
The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer is a major daily newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio, known for its regional news coverage and investigative journalism.
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D.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a major daily newspaper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its regional news coverage and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalism.
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E.
The Daily News
The Daily News was a prominent London-based British newspaper known for its liberal stance and influential journalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: The Buffalo Courier-Express Triple: [Tom Toles, workedFor, The Buffalo Courier-Express]
Generated description
The Buffalo Courier-Express was a major daily newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, known for its influential local journalism before ceasing publication in the 1980s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buffalo Courier-Express Target entity description: The Buffalo Courier-Express was a major daily newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, known for its influential local journalism before ceasing publication in the 1980s.
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A.
The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is a major daily newspaper based in Buffalo, New York, known for its comprehensive coverage of Western New York news and politics.
-
B.
Daily Herald
The Daily Herald was a British daily newspaper known for its left-wing, pro-labour stance and mass working-class readership during much of the 20th century.
-
C.
The Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer is a major daily newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio, known for its regional news coverage and investigative journalism.
-
D.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a major daily newspaper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its regional news coverage and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalism.
-
E.
The Daily News
The Daily News was a prominent London-based British newspaper known for its liberal stance and influential journalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3bf716508190b4245bd5d89ae8c4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc5677968881908835169157244962 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc58a8f3d08190bec84dc1ba3b5b84 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc5cb2963c81908a8dfbb1f84845bc |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.