Triple
T17121918
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Younkers |
E415488
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Emil Younker
Emil Younker was an entrepreneur best known for establishing the Younkers department store chain in the United States.
|
E1389156
|
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: Emil Younker | Statement: [Younkers, founder, Emil Younker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emil Younker Context triple: [Younkers, founder, Emil Younker]
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A.
Eduard Blutig
Eduard Blutig is a pseudonym used by American writer and illustrator Edward Gorey, known for his macabre, Victorian-inspired illustrated stories.
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B.
Emil Berna
Emil Berna was a Swiss cinematographer known for his influential work on mid-20th-century European films.
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C.
Josef Schalk
Josef Schalk was an Austrian musician and music editor known for his advocacy of Anton Bruckner’s works in the late 19th century.
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D.
Josef Niklas
Josef Niklas was a 19th-century architect known for his work on significant religious and cultural buildings in Prague, including the Spanish Synagogue.
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E.
Josef Naus
Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
- 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: Emil Younker Triple: [Younkers, founder, Emil Younker]
Generated description
Emil Younker was an entrepreneur best known for establishing the Younkers department store chain in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emil Younker Target entity description: Emil Younker was an entrepreneur best known for establishing the Younkers department store chain in the United States.
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A.
Eduard Blutig
Eduard Blutig is a pseudonym used by American writer and illustrator Edward Gorey, known for his macabre, Victorian-inspired illustrated stories.
-
B.
Emil Berna
Emil Berna was a Swiss cinematographer known for his influential work on mid-20th-century European films.
-
C.
Josef Schalk
Josef Schalk was an Austrian musician and music editor known for his advocacy of Anton Bruckner’s works in the late 19th century.
-
D.
Josef Niklas
Josef Niklas was a 19th-century architect known for his work on significant religious and cultural buildings in Prague, including the Spanish Synagogue.
-
E.
Josef Naus
Josef Naus was a 19th-century Bavarian surveyor and mountaineer best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.
- 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_69d886d090cc8190a39cb94992586905 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3e80ac2cc819084fab829917c950a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0787a179d8819087a885c6864498f3 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a079032e8b48190b9c2ab601713f94a |
completed | May 15, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07908eb4c08190b112fa48e0892fe7 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 9:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.