Triple

T15989673
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Coinbase E387791 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Fred Ehrsam
Fred Ehrsam is an American entrepreneur and cryptocurrency pioneer best known as the co-founder of the digital asset exchange Coinbase.
E1187513 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: Fred Ehrsam | Statement: [Coinbase, foundedBy, Fred Ehrsam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Ehrsam
Context triple: [Coinbase, foundedBy, Fred Ehrsam]
  • A. Adam Thiel
    Adam Thiel is an American public safety leader and emergency management expert known for serving as a fire commissioner and overseeing disaster preparedness and response efforts.
  • B. Christian Stovitz
    Christian Stovitz is a stylish, charming new student and love interest in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known for his retro fashion sense and eventual revelation as gay.
  • C. Alex Karp
    Alex Karp is an American billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder CEO of Palantir Technologies, known for its data analytics software used by governments and large institutions.
  • D. Keith Rabois
    Keith Rabois is an American technology executive, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist known for early leadership roles at companies like PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square and for his investments in numerous successful startups.
  • E. Ian Edelman
    Ian Edelman is a writer and producer best known for creating the animated musical television special "Entergalactic" in collaboration with Kid Cudi.
  • 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: Fred Ehrsam
Triple: [Coinbase, foundedBy, Fred Ehrsam]
Generated description
Fred Ehrsam is an American entrepreneur and cryptocurrency pioneer best known as the co-founder of the digital asset exchange Coinbase.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Ehrsam
Target entity description: Fred Ehrsam is an American entrepreneur and cryptocurrency pioneer best known as the co-founder of the digital asset exchange Coinbase.
  • A. Adam Thiel
    Adam Thiel is an American public safety leader and emergency management expert known for serving as a fire commissioner and overseeing disaster preparedness and response efforts.
  • B. Christian Stovitz
    Christian Stovitz is a stylish, charming new student and love interest in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known for his retro fashion sense and eventual revelation as gay.
  • C. Alex Karp
    Alex Karp is an American billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder CEO of Palantir Technologies, known for its data analytics software used by governments and large institutions.
  • D. Keith Rabois
    Keith Rabois is an American technology executive, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist known for early leadership roles at companies like PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square and for his investments in numerous successful startups.
  • E. Ian Edelman
    Ian Edelman is a writer and producer best known for creating the animated musical television special "Entergalactic" in collaboration with Kid Cudi.
  • 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_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_69ffc3d2369081909efa2d4addf0cf2d completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffc45e6ff48190bb7b82adb4161ad0 completed May 9, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc4cea4108190927b107fc24df597 completed May 9, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.