Triple

T18735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Texas Instruments E369 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Eugene McDermott
Eugene McDermott was an American geophysicist, engineer, and businessman best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a key figure in the development of the electronics industry.
 E14093 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: Eugene McDermott | Statement: [Texas Instruments, foundedBy, Eugene McDermott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eugene McDermott
Context triple: [Texas Instruments, foundedBy, Eugene McDermott]
  • A. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. Sam Kennedy
    Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
  • D. Rebecca Brien Howland
    Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
  • E. James L. Flanagan
    James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
  • 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: Eugene McDermott
Triple: [Texas Instruments, foundedBy, Eugene McDermott]
Generated description
Eugene McDermott was an American geophysicist, engineer, and businessman best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a key figure in the development of the electronics industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eugene McDermott
Target entity description: Eugene McDermott was an American geophysicist, engineer, and businessman best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a key figure in the development of the electronics industry.
  • A. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. Sam Kennedy
    Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
  • D. Rebecca Brien Howland
    Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
  • E. James L. Flanagan
    James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
  • 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2465d9038819087f875a5afac9541 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a29e40188c8190a941661f984527bb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2a042219c8190a13359d7e3a271a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2a0a1298481909760230232c3823d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.