Triple

T19691488
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lance E472844 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Philip L. Lance
Philip L. Lance was an American entrepreneur best known for creating the Lance snack food company, a major producer of crackers and sandwich snacks.
 E1419628 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: Philip L. Lance | Statement: [Lance, foundedBy, Philip L. Lance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Philip L. Lance
Context triple: [Lance, foundedBy, Philip L. Lance]
  • A. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • B. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • C. John L. Balderston
    John L. Balderston was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting classic horror and fantasy works such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" for stage and screen.
  • D. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • E. Jack L. Murray
    Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
  • 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: Philip L. Lance
Triple: [Lance, foundedBy, Philip L. Lance]
Generated description
Philip L. Lance was an American entrepreneur best known for creating the Lance snack food company, a major producer of crackers and sandwich snacks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Philip L. Lance
Target entity description: Philip L. Lance was an American entrepreneur best known for creating the Lance snack food company, a major producer of crackers and sandwich snacks.
  • A. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • B. Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • C. John L. Balderston
    John L. Balderston was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting classic horror and fantasy works such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" for stage and screen.
  • D. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • E. Jack L. Murray
    Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
  • 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6421013c4819095e80aadfe590102 completed April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a084b7231688190ae29f2c0b031ebd8 completed May 16, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a084ca69f448190a18bd1fd8ebbcb2d completed May 16, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a084d2161cc81908e1b5993cea934a0 completed May 16, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.