Triple
T9535643
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Best Buy |
E230007
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Wheeler
James Wheeler is an American entrepreneur best known as a founder of the consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy.
|
E828174
|
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: James Wheeler | Statement: [Best Buy, foundedBy, James Wheeler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Wheeler Context triple: [Best Buy, foundedBy, James Wheeler]
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A.
William Wheeler
William Wheeler is an American screenwriter known for his work on films such as the biographical drama "Queen of Katwe."
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B.
George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government exploration and mapping expedition of the American West.
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C.
Frank Wheeler
Frank Wheeler is the disillusioned suburban husband and central protagonist of Richard Yates’s novel "Revolutionary Road," whose failed dreams and marital tensions embody mid-20th-century American malaise.
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D.
Frank H. Wheeler
Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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E.
Walter Wheeler Cook
Walter Wheeler Cook was an influential American legal scholar and educator known as a leading figure in the legal realism movement.
- 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: James Wheeler Triple: [Best Buy, foundedBy, James Wheeler]
Generated description
James Wheeler is an American entrepreneur best known as a founder of the consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Wheeler Target entity description: James Wheeler is an American entrepreneur best known as a founder of the consumer electronics retail chain Best Buy.
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A.
William Wheeler
William Wheeler is an American screenwriter known for his work on films such as the biographical drama "Queen of Katwe."
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B.
George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a 19th-century American surveyor and army officer best known for leading the Wheeler Survey, a major U.S. government exploration and mapping expedition of the American West.
-
C.
Frank Wheeler
Frank Wheeler is the disillusioned suburban husband and central protagonist of Richard Yates’s novel "Revolutionary Road," whose failed dreams and marital tensions embody mid-20th-century American malaise.
-
D.
Frank H. Wheeler
Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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E.
Walter Wheeler Cook
Walter Wheeler Cook was an influential American legal scholar and educator known as a leading figure in the legal realism movement.
- 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_69ca847b1b3081908f72bc932c17cc41 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd98cd6a5c8190835c0910ec38ede3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1eab0860c819091b0169f82eac47f |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1edda5b748190a0d7a1449cad2f68 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1ee6545208190baedf170f129ae84 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 5:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.