Triple
T20193002
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niantic |
E493017
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Hanke
John Hanke is an American entrepreneur and game developer best known as the founder and CEO of Niantic, the company behind augmented reality games like Pokémon GO.
|
E1416248
|
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: John Hanke | Statement: [Niantic, foundedBy, John Hanke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hanke Context triple: [Niantic, foundedBy, John Hanke]
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A.
Karl Hanke
Karl Hanke was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as the last Reichsführer-SS, leading the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the final days of World War II.
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B.
Michael Eckert
Michael Eckert is a German historian of science known for his research on the history of physics, particularly fluid dynamics and the work of Ludwig Prandtl.
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C.
Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
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D.
David Daniel Marcus
David Daniel Marcus, better known as Mickey Marcus, was a U.S. Army colonel and key military advisor who became Israel’s first modern general and played a pivotal role in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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E.
Philip W. Goetz
Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- 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: John Hanke Triple: [Niantic, foundedBy, John Hanke]
Generated description
John Hanke is an American entrepreneur and game developer best known as the founder and CEO of Niantic, the company behind augmented reality games like Pokémon GO.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hanke Target entity description: John Hanke is an American entrepreneur and game developer best known as the founder and CEO of Niantic, the company behind augmented reality games like Pokémon GO.
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A.
Karl Hanke
Karl Hanke was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as the last Reichsführer-SS, leading the Schutzstaffel (SS) in the final days of World War II.
-
B.
Michael Eckert
Michael Eckert is a German historian of science known for his research on the history of physics, particularly fluid dynamics and the work of Ludwig Prandtl.
-
C.
Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann is an American film and television director best known for the dark comedy "Heathers" and various other Hollywood comedies.
-
D.
David Daniel Marcus
David Daniel Marcus, better known as Mickey Marcus, was a U.S. Army colonel and key military advisor who became Israel’s first modern general and played a pivotal role in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
-
E.
Philip W. Goetz
Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66ad7270081908ed8513a8363e9b1 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a083c885e788190888c76b925f290e0 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a083d20eb908190b82d668beed3789b |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a083e49d5988190b41e8ce5bcebeca5 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.