Triple
T16093673
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea |
E390425
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Marc Randolph |
E93093
|
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: Marc Randolph | Statement: [That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, author, Marc Randolph]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Randolph Context triple: [That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, author, Marc Randolph]
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A.
Marc Randolph
chosen
Marc Randolph is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Netflix who played a key role in pioneering the subscription-based streaming and DVD-by-mail business model.
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B.
Kevin Randolph
Kevin Randolph is a musician best known as a member of the 1980s-influenced hip-hop group Cocaine 80s.
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C.
Eric Darnell
Eric Darnell is an American director, screenwriter, and animator best known for his work on DreamWorks Animation films, including the Madagascar franchise and its spin-offs.
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D.
Steven Dillingham
Steven Dillingham is an American government official who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau during the 2020 United States census.
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E.
Jeffrey Himes
Jeffrey Himes is a musician best known for having been a past member of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
- 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_69d87f198bc48190a8b7e53ca15b7ead |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1859196808190ae30b4f7c1641eed |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffeb973c88819091fe284420088e7e |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.