Triple

T364532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pixar Animation Studios E7929 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edwin Catmull
Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
 E46391 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: Edwin Catmull | Statement: [Pixar Animation Studios, foundedBy, Edwin Catmull]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edwin Catmull
Context triple: [Pixar Animation Studios, foundedBy, Edwin Catmull]
  • A. Leonard Bosack
    Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
  • B. Charles Geschke
    Charles Geschke was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Adobe Systems and a pioneer of desktop publishing technologies.
  • C. John Warnock
    John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
  • D. Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
  • E. Douglas Engelbart
    Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the computer mouse and groundbreaking concepts in interactive computing and hypertext that helped shape modern personal computing.
  • 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: Edwin Catmull
Triple: [Pixar Animation Studios, foundedBy, Edwin Catmull]
Generated description
Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edwin Catmull
Target entity description: Edwin Catmull is a pioneering computer scientist and animation innovator who co-founded Pixar and played a key role in developing modern computer-generated imagery (CGI) for film.
  • A. Leonard Bosack
    Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
  • B. Charles Geschke
    Charles Geschke was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Adobe Systems and a pioneer of desktop publishing technologies.
  • C. John Warnock
    John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
  • D. Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
  • E. Douglas Engelbart
    Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the computer mouse and groundbreaking concepts in interactive computing and hypertext that helped shape modern personal computing.
  • 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_69a2ebe6c1b4819083335e880c205ed6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e8668b848190b68d19819ac134df completed March 1, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ea5beecc8190b128db693db39e95 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3eba438548190912d5a4a9c0e6528 completed March 1, 2026, 7:32 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.