Triple
T3419502
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject |
E72083
|
entity | |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jan Koum
Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur and programmer best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the messaging platform WhatsApp.
|
E357595
|
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: Jan Koum | Statement: [WhatsApp, founder, Jan Koum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Koum Context triple: [WhatsApp, founder, Jan Koum]
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A.
Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
-
B.
Eric Yuan
Eric Yuan is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, a leading video-conferencing platform.
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C.
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
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D.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
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E.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
- 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: Jan Koum Triple: [WhatsApp, founder, Jan Koum]
Generated description
Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur and programmer best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the messaging platform WhatsApp.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Koum Target entity description: Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur and programmer best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the messaging platform WhatsApp.
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A.
Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
-
B.
Eric Yuan
Eric Yuan is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, a leading video-conferencing platform.
-
C.
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
-
D.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
-
E.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
- 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_69ad85ad38e48190b7660c5118a35289 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb94d6808819080997df30119e71e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b354701e908190a8a7f14ae578fa5d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b358c7970881909b20126ba170495d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b35930c3808190a3d9cbc69a26a1c1 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.