Triple

T2979834
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charlie Munger E80482 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Berkshire Hathaway board of directors
The Berkshire Hathaway board of directors is the governing body overseeing Warren Buffett’s multinational conglomerate, responsible for major strategic and corporate governance decisions.
 E16684 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: Berkshire Hathaway board of directors | Statement: [Charlie Munger, memberOf, Berkshire Hathaway board of directors]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Berkshire Hathaway board of directors
Context triple: [Charlie Munger, memberOf, Berkshire Hathaway board of directors]
  • A. Berkshire Hathaway
    Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company based in the United States, best known for its diverse portfolio of wholly owned businesses and large equity investments overseen by Warren Buffett.
  • B. Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group
    Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group is an insurance division within Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate that focuses on primary commercial insurance solutions.
  • C. Buffett Partnership, Ltd.
    Buffett Partnership, Ltd. was Warren Buffett’s early investment partnership through which he built his reputation and track record as a value investor before taking control of Berkshire Hathaway.
  • D. General Motors board of directors
    The General Motors board of directors is the governing body responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, major decisions, and corporate governance of General Motors Company.
  • E. board of directors of Hewlett-Packard
    The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, major corporate decisions, and executive leadership.
  • 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: Berkshire Hathaway board of directors
Triple: [Charlie Munger, memberOf, Berkshire Hathaway board of directors]
Generated description
The Berkshire Hathaway board of directors is the governing body overseeing Warren Buffett’s multinational conglomerate, responsible for major strategic and corporate governance decisions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Berkshire Hathaway board of directors
Target entity description: The Berkshire Hathaway board of directors is the governing body overseeing Warren Buffett’s multinational conglomerate, responsible for major strategic and corporate governance decisions.
  • A. Berkshire Hathaway chosen
    Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company based in the United States, best known for its diverse portfolio of wholly owned businesses and large equity investments overseen by Warren Buffett.
  • B. Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group
    Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group is an insurance division within Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate that focuses on primary commercial insurance solutions.
  • C. Buffett Partnership, Ltd.
    Buffett Partnership, Ltd. was Warren Buffett’s early investment partnership through which he built his reputation and track record as a value investor before taking control of Berkshire Hathaway.
  • D. General Motors board of directors
    The General Motors board of directors is the governing body responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, major decisions, and corporate governance of General Motors Company.
  • E. board of directors of Hewlett-Packard
    The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, major corporate decisions, and executive leadership.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad999e91788190a2d430dd0600a660 completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108ef607c8190865b079beb1b6da5 completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10bc71c708190b1e620d41278c3e0 completed March 11, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10c43a7c48190b63a7b3f0f180d44 completed March 11, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.