Triple

T21822561
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pantone E538761 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Lawrence Herbert
Lawrence Herbert is an American businessman and chemist best known as the creator of the Pantone Matching System, a standardized color reproduction system widely used in design and printing.
E1558330 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: Lawrence Herbert | Statement: [Pantone, foundedBy, Lawrence Herbert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Herbert
Context triple: [Pantone, foundedBy, Lawrence Herbert]
  • A. Lawrence Cremin
    Lawrence Cremin was an influential American educational historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his work on the history of education in the United States.
  • B. Russell E. Lawrence
    Russell E. Lawrence was an American educator and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Lawrence Technological University in Michigan.
  • 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. Daniel G. Aldrich
    Daniel G. Aldrich was the founding chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, and a key figure in the campus’s early development and planning.
  • E. Reginald V. Shepherd
    Reginald V. Shepherd was a British firearms designer best known for co-developing the World War II–era Sten submachine gun.
  • 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: Lawrence Herbert
Triple: [Pantone, foundedBy, Lawrence Herbert]
Generated description
Lawrence Herbert is an American businessman and chemist best known as the creator of the Pantone Matching System, a standardized color reproduction system widely used in design and printing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Herbert
Target entity description: Lawrence Herbert is an American businessman and chemist best known as the creator of the Pantone Matching System, a standardized color reproduction system widely used in design and printing.
  • A. Lawrence Cremin
    Lawrence Cremin was an influential American educational historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his work on the history of education in the United States.
  • B. Russell E. Lawrence
    Russell E. Lawrence was an American educator and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Lawrence Technological University in Michigan.
  • 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. Daniel G. Aldrich
    Daniel G. Aldrich was the founding chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, and a key figure in the campus’s early development and planning.
  • E. Reginald V. Shepherd
    Reginald V. Shepherd was a British firearms designer best known for co-developing the World War II–era Sten submachine gun.
  • 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_69e0c475038c8190abb9b1a20eb8ff50 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f0912e432481909045d00a61daa767 completed April 28, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bae70e3288190b569b4221214e6db completed May 19, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0baf48d4c481909268ad4c6b4ff67a completed May 19, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bafae553c8190a7426ba56b60f147 completed May 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:54 p.m.