Triple

T9135026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vans E219178 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James Van Doren
James Van Doren was an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Vans footwear and apparel brand.
 E780580 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: James Van Doren | Statement: [Vans, foundedBy, James Van Doren]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Van Doren
Context triple: [Vans, foundedBy, James Van Doren]
  • A. Oscar Broneer
    Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
  • B. Walter Kerr
    Walter Kerr was an influential American theater critic and director known for his work with The New York Times and his impact on mid-20th-century Broadway.
  • C. Erwin Gelsey
    Erwin Gelsey was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing the story for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical "Swing Time."
  • D. John Lehmann
    John Lehmann was a British poet, editor, and publisher known for his influential role in 20th-century English literature, particularly through his work with literary magazines and presses that promoted modernist writers.
  • E. Walter Schwab
    Walter Schwab is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Schwab.
  • 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: James Van Doren
Triple: [Vans, foundedBy, James Van Doren]
Generated description
James Van Doren was an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Vans footwear and apparel brand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Van Doren
Target entity description: James Van Doren was an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the Vans footwear and apparel brand.
  • A. Oscar Broneer
    Oscar Broneer was a Swedish-American archaeologist best known for his excavations in Greece, particularly at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.
  • B. Walter Kerr
    Walter Kerr was an influential American theater critic and director known for his work with The New York Times and his impact on mid-20th-century Broadway.
  • C. Erwin Gelsey
    Erwin Gelsey was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributing the story for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical "Swing Time."
  • D. John Lehmann
    John Lehmann was a British poet, editor, and publisher known for his influential role in 20th-century English literature, particularly through his work with literary magazines and presses that promoted modernist writers.
  • E. Walter Schwab
    Walter Schwab is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Schwab.
  • 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_69ca83e012288190a5771058adbaabd2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8de0dec8190978c80b9ec8bf25c completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d047efc5e48190bc8c4a7e865faef9 completed April 3, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d04935d4e88190acb4d65a2dc2bc8a completed April 3, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049e6c4cc81909e08b5aaed9a88dc completed April 3, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.