Triple
T13273376
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wesco Financial Corporation |
E316123
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableExecutive |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Louis A. Simpson
Louis A. Simpson was a prominent American investor and longtime chief investment officer for GEICO, renowned for his stock-picking acumen and close association with Warren Buffett.
|
E1588139
|
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: Louis A. Simpson | Statement: [Wesco Financial Corporation, notableExecutive, Louis A. Simpson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis A. Simpson Context triple: [Wesco Financial Corporation, notableExecutive, Louis A. Simpson]
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A.
Linwood G. Dunn
Linwood G. Dunn was a pioneering American visual effects artist and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking work in optical printing and special effects in classic Hollywood films.
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B.
Charles M. Barnes
Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
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C.
Edward N. Shelton
Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
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D.
Melvin H. Evans
Melvin H. Evans was an American physician and politician who became the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and later served as the territory’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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E.
Milton H. Smith
Milton H. Smith was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive best known for leading the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
- 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: Louis A. Simpson Triple: [Wesco Financial Corporation, notableExecutive, Louis A. Simpson]
Generated description
Louis A. Simpson was a prominent American investor and longtime chief investment officer for GEICO, renowned for his stock-picking acumen and close association with Warren Buffett.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis A. Simpson Target entity description: Louis A. Simpson was a prominent American investor and longtime chief investment officer for GEICO, renowned for his stock-picking acumen and close association with Warren Buffett.
-
A.
Linwood G. Dunn
Linwood G. Dunn was a pioneering American visual effects artist and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking work in optical printing and special effects in classic Hollywood films.
-
B.
Charles M. Barnes
Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
-
C.
Edward N. Shelton
Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
-
D.
Melvin H. Evans
Melvin H. Evans was an American physician and politician who became the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and later served as the territory’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
-
E.
Milton H. Smith
Milton H. Smith was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive best known for leading the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
- 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9904193bc8190af4155750bcf32f6 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c8225ce388190acc6599a1ebcb248 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0ca6eda1f481908482f3a66d576c3c |
completed | May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0ca7c5176c81908221307bb50ff4ed |
completed | May 19, 2026, 6:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:26 p.m.