Triple

T21394336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Souter E527739 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Souter Investments
Souter Investments is a private investment firm associated with Scottish businessman Sir Brian Souter, focusing on a diversified portfolio across sectors such as transport, infrastructure, and private equity.
E1482256 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: Souter Investments | Statement: [Brian Souter, founded, Souter Investments]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Souter Investments
Context triple: [Brian Souter, founded, Souter Investments]
  • A. Arison Investments
    Arison Investments is a global investment firm and holding company that manages the diversified business and philanthropic interests of billionaire heiress Shari Arison.
  • B. Ellerman Investments
    Ellerman Investments is a British investment company best known for owning the luxury five-star Ritz London hotel.
  • C. Van Orton Investments
    Van Orton Investments is a fictional high-powered financial firm that employs wealthy investment banker Nicholas Van Orton in the film "The Game."
  • D. Avalon Investments
    Avalon Investments is a financial investment firm associated with businessman and former Michigan governor Rick Snyder.
  • E. Northwood Investors
    Northwood Investors is a privately held real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and manages commercial properties across the United States and internationally.
  • 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: Souter Investments
Triple: [Brian Souter, founded, Souter Investments]
Generated description
Souter Investments is a private investment firm associated with Scottish businessman Sir Brian Souter, focusing on a diversified portfolio across sectors such as transport, infrastructure, and private equity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Souter Investments
Target entity description: Souter Investments is a private investment firm associated with Scottish businessman Sir Brian Souter, focusing on a diversified portfolio across sectors such as transport, infrastructure, and private equity.
  • A. Arison Investments
    Arison Investments is a global investment firm and holding company that manages the diversified business and philanthropic interests of billionaire heiress Shari Arison.
  • B. Ellerman Investments
    Ellerman Investments is a British investment company best known for owning the luxury five-star Ritz London hotel.
  • C. Van Orton Investments
    Van Orton Investments is a fictional high-powered financial firm that employs wealthy investment banker Nicholas Van Orton in the film "The Game."
  • D. Avalon Investments
    Avalon Investments is a financial investment firm associated with businessman and former Michigan governor Rick Snyder.
  • E. Northwood Investors
    Northwood Investors is a privately held real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and manages commercial properties across the United States and internationally.
  • 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_69e0b51ff3748190935c0a513c62a12b completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ee62cd30f08190aba90afed6116a2a completed April 26, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09bb4a9390819093f0ce34f96420ce completed May 17, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09bea3994481908b7a782fd384603a completed May 17, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09bfa27d848190bb77d632359a11b3 completed May 17, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:13 p.m.