Triple

T165429
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Netflix, Inc. E3004 entity
Predicate founders P104 FINISHED
Object Marc Randolph
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.
 E93093 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: Marc Randolph | Statement: [Netflix, Inc., founders, Marc Randolph]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marc Randolph
Context triple: [Netflix, Inc., founders, Marc Randolph]
  • A. Randy Bass
    Randy Bass is an American former professional baseball player best known in Japan as a legendary power-hitting first baseman for the Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s.
  • B. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • C. Patrick Dodson
    Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
  • D. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • E. Josh Harris
    Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
  • 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: Marc Randolph
Triple: [Netflix, Inc., founders, Marc Randolph]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marc Randolph
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Randy Bass
    Randy Bass is an American former professional baseball player best known in Japan as a legendary power-hitting first baseman for the Hanshin Tigers in the 1980s.
  • B. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • C. Patrick Dodson
    Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
  • D. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • E. Josh Harris
    Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
  • 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_69a25bae79b48190abfd247410e5918f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6732881488190a6f6eb556a42277c completed March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a6748b3ca08190a9177c8c9153d747 completed March 3, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a674b3179481909e02a2f70466ac0b completed March 3, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.