Triple
T165362
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Apple Inc. |
E3002
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounderRole |
P3707
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ronald Wayne was a co-founder |
E20621
|
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: Ronald Wayne was a co-founder | Statement: [Apple Inc., coFounderRole, Ronald Wayne was a co-founder]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Wayne was a co-founder Context triple: [Apple Inc., coFounderRole, Ronald Wayne was a co-founder]
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A.
Ronald Wayne
chosen
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.
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B.
David Packard
David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
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C.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25bae79b48190abfd247410e5918f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2e0f6b8908190b4eec4a34e9447db |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:35 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.