Triple

T12874844
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Torstar Corporation E307937 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Joseph E. Atkinson
Joseph E. Atkinson was a prominent Canadian newspaper editor and publisher best known for transforming the Toronto Star into a leading liberal daily and shaping modern Canadian journalism.
E1362049 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: Joseph E. Atkinson | Statement: [Torstar Corporation, foundedBy, Joseph E. Atkinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph E. Atkinson
Context triple: [Torstar Corporation, foundedBy, Joseph E. Atkinson]
  • A. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • B. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • C. Charles B. Atwood
    Charles B. Atwood was an American architect known for his influential work on Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture, including major contributions to the World’s Columbian Exposition and landmark buildings such as the Reliance Building.
  • D. Ralph E. Ogden
    Ralph E. Ogden was an American businessman and arts patron best known for establishing the Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s leading outdoor sculpture parks.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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: Joseph E. Atkinson
Triple: [Torstar Corporation, foundedBy, Joseph E. Atkinson]
Generated description
Joseph E. Atkinson was a prominent Canadian newspaper editor and publisher best known for transforming the Toronto Star into a leading liberal daily and shaping modern Canadian journalism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph E. Atkinson
Target entity description: Joseph E. Atkinson was a prominent Canadian newspaper editor and publisher best known for transforming the Toronto Star into a leading liberal daily and shaping modern Canadian journalism.
  • A. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • B. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • C. Charles B. Atwood
    Charles B. Atwood was an American architect known for his influential work on Chicago’s late-19th-century architecture, including major contributions to the World’s Columbian Exposition and landmark buildings such as the Reliance Building.
  • D. Ralph E. Ogden
    Ralph E. Ogden was an American businessman and arts patron best known for establishing the Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s leading outdoor sculpture parks.
  • E. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • 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_69d7bdf69bc48190af6c2621f28ca351 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970f97f9c81908c75259a4cab1d3c completed April 10, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f89123f0819086f3aeef4c309f63 completed May 15, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f9666b2081908c02f7e0d63345d1 completed May 15, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f9efad4c81908415dc4b56a38ddc completed May 15, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:38 p.m.