Triple

T2365524
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Loudcloud E47369 entity
Predicate coFounder P2835 FINISHED
Object Tim Howes
Tim Howes is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of the LDAP protocol and a co-founder of the cloud services company Loudcloud (later Opsware).
 E326592 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: Tim Howes | Statement: [Loudcloud, coFounder, Tim Howes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tim Howes
Context triple: [Loudcloud, coFounder, Tim Howes]
  • A. Danny Howells
    Danny Howells is a British DJ and electronic music producer known for his eclectic, progressive house and tech-house sets and long-standing presence in the global club scene.
  • B. Peter Howells
    Peter Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname Howells and has achieved sufficient recognition to be distinguished as a bearer of that name.
  • C. Keith Scholey
    Keith Scholey is a British wildlife filmmaker and producer known for creating and overseeing major nature documentaries, including the acclaimed series Our Planet.
  • D. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • E. Tim Bevan
    Tim Bevan is a British film producer and co-founder of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous acclaimed UK and international movies.
  • 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: Tim Howes
Triple: [Loudcloud, coFounder, Tim Howes]
Generated description
Tim Howes is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of the LDAP protocol and a co-founder of the cloud services company Loudcloud (later Opsware).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tim Howes
Target entity description: Tim Howes is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-inventor of the LDAP protocol and a co-founder of the cloud services company Loudcloud (later Opsware).
  • A. Danny Howells
    Danny Howells is a British DJ and electronic music producer known for his eclectic, progressive house and tech-house sets and long-standing presence in the global club scene.
  • B. Peter Howells
    Peter Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname Howells and has achieved sufficient recognition to be distinguished as a bearer of that name.
  • C. Keith Scholey
    Keith Scholey is a British wildlife filmmaker and producer known for creating and overseeing major nature documentaries, including the acclaimed series Our Planet.
  • D. Ben Shepherd
    Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
  • E. Tim Bevan
    Tim Bevan is a British film producer and co-founder of Working Title Films, known for overseeing numerous acclaimed UK and international movies.
  • 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_69a88a1a4a6081908645b0f2914521ab completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc749f8e0819094144b9dd9db8790 completed March 7, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20321518c8190a221620074f3428b completed March 12, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b20532b7388190be5f7bcf48db6f45 completed March 12, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2058d7c4c8190a44fc8745df3b1b3 completed March 12, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:55 p.m.