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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.