Triple
T1447544
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zappos |
E31209
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh was an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for transforming Zappos into a pioneering online retailer celebrated for its customer service–driven culture.
|
E165132
|
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: Tony Hsieh | Statement: [Zappos, keyPerson, Tony Hsieh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Hsieh Context triple: [Zappos, keyPerson, Tony Hsieh]
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A.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
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B.
John Donahoe
John Donahoe is an American business executive best known as the CEO of Nike, Inc. and former CEO of eBay and ServiceNow.
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C.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
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D.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
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E.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
- 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: Tony Hsieh Triple: [Zappos, keyPerson, Tony Hsieh]
Generated description
Tony Hsieh was an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for transforming Zappos into a pioneering online retailer celebrated for its customer service–driven culture.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Hsieh Target entity description: Tony Hsieh was an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for transforming Zappos into a pioneering online retailer celebrated for its customer service–driven culture.
-
A.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
-
B.
John Donahoe
John Donahoe is an American business executive best known as the CEO of Nike, Inc. and former CEO of eBay and ServiceNow.
-
C.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
-
D.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
-
E.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
- 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_69a499171a28819085b993a3ac78e363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c55aa7dc8190aa7452d80ec8305e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad08c229808190af9936b481390170 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad098f9fd0819094d9478881ca1a46 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0a6c7aa08190b21b00c03f04af27 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.