Triple

T359385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject eBay E7814 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
E45904 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: Pierre Omidyar | Statement: [eBay, founder, Pierre Omidyar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Omidyar
Context triple: [eBay, founder, Pierre Omidyar]
  • A. Reid Hoffman
    Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
  • B. Mitchell Kapor
    Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
  • C. Steve Case
    Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
  • D. Max Levchin
    Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of PayPal and a prominent figure in Silicon Valley’s fintech industry.
  • E. Peter Thiel
    Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
  • 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: Pierre Omidyar
Triple: [eBay, founder, Pierre Omidyar]
Generated description
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pierre Omidyar
Target entity description: Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
  • A. Reid Hoffman
    Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
  • B. Mitchell Kapor
    Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
  • C. Steve Case
    Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
  • D. Max Levchin
    Max Levchin is a Ukrainian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of PayPal and a prominent figure in Silicon Valley’s fintech industry.
  • E. Peter Thiel
    Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebb248608190b060553219616043 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e578c1788190877cf6a346cf10d4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e6098bc48190877f5d26bf1a985b completed March 1, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e741aac48190a3f762154f6e1a36 completed March 1, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.