Triple
T18280681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | New York & Company |
E437854
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Lerner
Samuel Lerner was an American businessman best known for establishing the women’s fashion retail chain that became New York & Company.
|
E1315339
|
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: Samuel Lerner | Statement: [New York & Company, founder, Samuel Lerner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lerner Context triple: [New York & Company, founder, Samuel Lerner]
-
A.
Samuel Lerner
Samuel Lerner was a 20th-century songwriter and lyricist best known for composing music and lyrics for early film and radio, including the theme song for the cartoon character Betty Boop.
-
B.
George Lerner
George Lerner was an American toy inventor best known for creating the iconic Mr. Potato Head character.
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C.
Philip Levene
Philip Levene was a British television and film writer best known for his work on the 1960s spy series "The Avengers."
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D.
Sam Levene
Sam Levene was a prominent American stage and film actor best known for his comic and character roles in mid-20th-century Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
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E.
Larry Levin
Larry Levin is an American screenwriter known for his work on popular comedy films, including the 1998 adaptation of "Dr. Dolittle."
- 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: Samuel Lerner Triple: [New York & Company, founder, Samuel Lerner]
Generated description
Samuel Lerner was an American businessman best known for establishing the women’s fashion retail chain that became New York & Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lerner Target entity description: Samuel Lerner was an American businessman best known for establishing the women’s fashion retail chain that became New York & Company.
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A.
Samuel Lerner
Samuel Lerner was a 20th-century songwriter and lyricist best known for composing music and lyrics for early film and radio, including the theme song for the cartoon character Betty Boop.
-
B.
George Lerner
George Lerner was an American toy inventor best known for creating the iconic Mr. Potato Head character.
-
C.
Philip Levene
Philip Levene was a British television and film writer best known for his work on the 1960s spy series "The Avengers."
-
D.
Sam Levene
Sam Levene was a prominent American stage and film actor best known for his comic and character roles in mid-20th-century Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
-
E.
Larry Levin
Larry Levin is an American screenwriter known for his work on popular comedy films, including the 1998 adaptation of "Dr. Dolittle."
- 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_69d8b914530c8190b4474d862a2b2a1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50055d2b88190a10199771f64c4b9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03b3ffe1508190948d41bed9853a3e |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03b4bb6ae48190a68c2a3314f0d3ba |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03b56958a0819088613a9726c71819 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.