Triple

T20739157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Kay Ash E509791 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Mary Kay Cosmetics
Mary Kay Cosmetics is a global direct-selling beauty company known for its network of independent beauty consultants and wide range of skincare and cosmetic products.
E1448125 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: Mary Kay Cosmetics | Statement: [Mary Kay Ash, founded, Mary Kay Cosmetics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Kay Cosmetics
Context triple: [Mary Kay Ash, founded, Mary Kay Cosmetics]
  • A. Avon Products, Inc.
    Avon Products, Inc. is a global beauty and personal care company best known for its direct-selling model of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and related products.
  • B. Amway
    Amway is a global multi-level marketing company that sells health, beauty, and home care products through a network of independent distributors.
  • C. Beauty Inc
    Beauty Inc is a beauty-focused media brand owned by Penske Media Corporation, covering trends, news, and analysis in the global cosmetics and personal care industry.
  • D. Coty Inc.
    Coty Inc. is a global beauty company known for its extensive portfolio of cosmetics, skincare, and fragrance brands.
  • E. Elizabeth Arden
    Elizabeth Arden was a pioneering Canadian-American businesswoman who founded the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics empire and helped shape the modern beauty industry.
  • 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: Mary Kay Cosmetics
Triple: [Mary Kay Ash, founded, Mary Kay Cosmetics]
Generated description
Mary Kay Cosmetics is a global direct-selling beauty company known for its network of independent beauty consultants and wide range of skincare and cosmetic products.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Kay Cosmetics
Target entity description: Mary Kay Cosmetics is a global direct-selling beauty company known for its network of independent beauty consultants and wide range of skincare and cosmetic products.
  • A. Avon Products, Inc.
    Avon Products, Inc. is a global beauty and personal care company best known for its direct-selling model of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and related products.
  • B. Amway
    Amway is a global multi-level marketing company that sells health, beauty, and home care products through a network of independent distributors.
  • C. Beauty Inc
    Beauty Inc is a beauty-focused media brand owned by Penske Media Corporation, covering trends, news, and analysis in the global cosmetics and personal care industry.
  • D. Coty Inc.
    Coty Inc. is a global beauty company known for its extensive portfolio of cosmetics, skincare, and fragrance brands.
  • E. Elizabeth Arden
    Elizabeth Arden was a pioneering Canadian-American businesswoman who founded the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics empire and helped shape the modern beauty industry.
  • 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c20d9d4c8190a2fd87f8a33c313d completed April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e83a28548190b87010bfde6626eb completed May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e8df60c88190803590abd75b3e43 completed May 16, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e95f05088190b5934f067c5dd7b7 completed May 16, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:32 p.m.