Triple

T165325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Apple Inc. E3002 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Ronald Wayne
Ronald Wayne is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three co-founders of Apple Inc., who later sold his stake in the company early on.
E20621 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: Ronald Wayne | Statement: [Apple Inc., foundedBy, Ronald Wayne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Wayne
Context triple: [Apple Inc., foundedBy, Ronald Wayne]
  • A. David Packard
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • B. Paul Jobs
    Paul Jobs was the adoptive father of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and a machinist and mechanic who strongly influenced Steve’s early interest in electronics and craftsmanship.
  • C. John Warnock
    John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
  • D. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • E. Reed Jobs
    Reed Jobs is an American investor and philanthropist, known as the son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and for leading health-focused venture initiatives.
  • 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: Ronald Wayne
Triple: [Apple Inc., foundedBy, Ronald Wayne]
Generated description
Ronald Wayne is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three co-founders of Apple Inc., who later sold his stake in the company early on.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Wayne
Target entity description: Ronald Wayne is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three co-founders of Apple Inc., who later sold his stake in the company early on.
  • A. David Packard
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • B. Paul Jobs
    Paul Jobs was the adoptive father of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and a machinist and mechanic who strongly influenced Steve’s early interest in electronics and craftsmanship.
  • C. John Warnock
    John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
  • D. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • E. Reed Jobs
    Reed Jobs is an American investor and philanthropist, known as the son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and for leading health-focused venture initiatives.
  • 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25883ac8481909616b2179561bd98 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2db55b2808190bb120e6f266bd26b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2dbc9285081908ce873c8ec56c36f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e05353808190a0392ea04cecdb43 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.