Triple

T3368008
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andy Bechtolsheim E70883 entity
Predicate coFounderOf P104 FINISHED
Object Granite Systems
Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
 E352682 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: Granite Systems | Statement: [Andy Bechtolsheim, coFounderOf, Granite Systems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Granite Systems
Context triple: [Andy Bechtolsheim, coFounderOf, Granite Systems]
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Lamont Digital Systems
    Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
  • C. Trilogy Systems
    Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
  • D. Syntrillium Software
    Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
  • E. Unisys
    Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
  • 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: Granite Systems
Triple: [Andy Bechtolsheim, coFounderOf, Granite Systems]
Generated description
Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Granite Systems
Target entity description: Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Lamont Digital Systems
    Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
  • C. Trilogy Systems
    Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
  • D. Syntrillium Software
    Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
  • E. Unisys
    Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
  • 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_69ad85a729d48190afd789cd8417f289 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb2890480819082fe2e3c2874cece completed March 8, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3343664cc81909793820377b4bdc1 completed March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b334f75e708190aed8b388c9ea55d2 completed March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3359ab56881908e247ba54c7dd6c7 completed March 12, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.