Triple
T8995646
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alvah Curtis Roebuck |
E214898
|
entity |
| Predicate | businessPartner |
P282
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Warren Sears |
E103507
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Richard Warren Sears | Statement: [Alvah Curtis Roebuck, businessPartner, Richard Warren Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Warren Sears Context triple: [Alvah Curtis Roebuck, businessPartner, Richard Warren Sears]
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A.
Richard Warren Sears
chosen
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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B.
Fred F. Sears
Fred F. Sears was an American film director and actor best known for his prolific work on low-budget genre films in the 1950s.
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C.
William Grainger
William Grainger was an American political figure after whom Grainger County in Tennessee was named.
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D.
William W. Grainger
William W. Grainger was an American industrialist and founder of the industrial supply company W.W. Grainger, whose philanthropy significantly supported engineering education.
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E.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68df33c48190a5017426e59c0bc4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd0d0e6a08190a2faf4157b8a9cd4 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.