Triple
T22673123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Memphis Showboats |
E560273
|
entity |
| Predicate | owner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Dunavant
William Dunavant is an American businessman best known as a prominent Memphis-based logistics executive and sports franchise owner.
|
E1548733
|
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: William Dunavant | Statement: [Memphis Showboats, owner, William Dunavant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dunavant Context triple: [Memphis Showboats, owner, William Dunavant]
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A.
Trammell Crow
Trammell Crow was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for building one of the largest commercial real estate empires in the United States.
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B.
Louis Silverstein
Louis Silverstein was a prominent American graphic designer and art director best known for his influential work in modernizing newspaper typography and design, particularly at The New York Times.
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C.
Howard Austin
Howard Austin was an American poet best known for serving as the first Poet Laureate of Illinois.
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D.
Gerald D. Hines
Gerald D. Hines was a prominent American real estate developer and founder of Hines, known for shaping skylines worldwide through landmark commercial and mixed-use projects.
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E.
Howard Shoup
Howard Shoup was an American costume designer known for his prolific work in Hollywood films from the 1940s through the 1960s and for receiving multiple Academy Award nominations.
- 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: William Dunavant Triple: [Memphis Showboats, owner, William Dunavant]
Generated description
William Dunavant is an American businessman best known as a prominent Memphis-based logistics executive and sports franchise owner.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dunavant Target entity description: William Dunavant is an American businessman best known as a prominent Memphis-based logistics executive and sports franchise owner.
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A.
Trammell Crow
Trammell Crow was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for building one of the largest commercial real estate empires in the United States.
-
B.
Louis Silverstein
Louis Silverstein was a prominent American graphic designer and art director best known for his influential work in modernizing newspaper typography and design, particularly at The New York Times.
-
C.
Howard Austin
Howard Austin was an American poet best known for serving as the first Poet Laureate of Illinois.
-
D.
Gerald D. Hines
Gerald D. Hines was a prominent American real estate developer and founder of Hines, known for shaping skylines worldwide through landmark commercial and mixed-use projects.
-
E.
Howard Shoup
Howard Shoup was an American costume designer known for his prolific work in Hollywood films from the 1940s through the 1960s and for receiving multiple Academy Award nominations.
- 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_69e2454bfd00819099115715a22cb057 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17821daf88190b18a73a222fc22fb |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b73ed2d588190a9d9382c11fbb1a5 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b7505c99081908a9faac30451e6e8 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b761510b48190a09722be3fca7e93 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 8:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:10 p.m.