Triple
T19644652
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kickstarter |
E471641
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Yancey Strickler
Yancey Strickler is an American entrepreneur, writer, and co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
|
E1387956
|
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: Yancey Strickler | Statement: [Kickstarter, foundedBy, Yancey Strickler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yancey Strickler Context triple: [Kickstarter, foundedBy, Yancey Strickler]
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A.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
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B.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
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D.
Stevens Bancroft
Stevens Bancroft was the husband of American film actress Mae Clarke, known primarily in relation to her Hollywood career.
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E.
Hut Stricklin
Hut Stricklin is an American former NASCAR driver best known for his long Cup Series career and his association with the famed Alabama Gang racing group.
- 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: Yancey Strickler Triple: [Kickstarter, foundedBy, Yancey Strickler]
Generated description
Yancey Strickler is an American entrepreneur, writer, and co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yancey Strickler Target entity description: Yancey Strickler is an American entrepreneur, writer, and co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
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A.
Wilmot Reed
Wilmot Reed is the given first and middle name of Reed Hastings, the American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Netflix.
-
B.
Gulian McEvers
Gulian McEvers was an early American merchant and broker in New York City who was among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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C.
Ransom Stoddard
Ransom Stoddard is a principled lawyer-turned-politician in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," whose rise to fame is built on a legendary but misunderstood act of frontier justice.
-
D.
Stevens Bancroft
Stevens Bancroft was the husband of American film actress Mae Clarke, known primarily in relation to her Hollywood career.
-
E.
Hut Stricklin
Hut Stricklin is an American former NASCAR driver best known for his long Cup Series career and his association with the famed Alabama Gang racing group.
- 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_69d8e51395348190ac1416d46dfc6db0 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6412452d481908b6946cad3c411d5 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a077ee8b6148190b8abcefbcf8b6ad6 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a077f87d96c8190a8d9ee82e84be1f2 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07816f54408190b6458ed0d17f9b60 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m.