Triple
T15989490
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dave McClure |
E387785
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFounded |
P6274
|
FINISHED |
| Object | 500 Startups venture fund |
E1187503
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: 500 Startups venture fund | Statement: [Dave McClure, hasFounded, 500 Startups venture fund]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 500 Startups venture fund Context triple: [Dave McClure, hasFounded, 500 Startups venture fund]
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A.
500 Startups
chosen
500 Startups is a global venture capital firm and startup accelerator known for investing in and mentoring early-stage technology companies around the world.
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B.
Y Combinator
Y Combinator is a prominent Silicon Valley startup accelerator known for funding and mentoring early-stage technology companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe.
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C.
Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for backing ambitious, transformative technology companies at early and growth stages.
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D.
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage, high-risk technology and clean energy startups.
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E.
Thiel Capital
Thiel Capital is an investment firm and family office managing the personal capital and strategic ventures of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e157829ec08190aa4a683e29a0148a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffe46f19f48190a33647c711893564 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.