Triple
T17967000
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barnes & Noble |
E449235
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFounder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | G. Clifford Noble |
E449235
|
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: G. Clifford Noble | Statement: [Barnes & Noble, hasFounder, G. Clifford Noble]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. Clifford Noble Context triple: [Barnes & Noble, hasFounder, G. Clifford Noble]
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A.
G. Clifford Noble
chosen
G. Clifford Noble was an American bookseller and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
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B.
Edward J. Noble
Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
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C.
H. R. Noble
H. R. Noble was a physicist known for co-conducting the Trouton–Noble experiment, a classic test of electromagnetic theory and relativity.
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D.
Gérard F. Gilmore
Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
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E.
John O. Creighton
John O. Creighton is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
- 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_69d8b9f9927c8190a006110c8b996e61 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4b13935908190b5269a84a3df2460 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a035d7b0be8819080e2c7c4d9ef49ae |
completed | May 12, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:22 a.m.