Triple
T374229
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marc Andreessen |
E8334
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
|
E47369
|
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: Loudcloud | Statement: [Marc Andreessen, coFounded, Loudcloud]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Loudcloud Context triple: [Marc Andreessen, coFounded, Loudcloud]
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A.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
-
B.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
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C.
BEA Systems
BEA Systems was a software company best known for its enterprise middleware and application server products that played a major role in early Java-based web and enterprise computing.
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D.
VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
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E.
Red Hat
Red Hat is a leading American open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distribution and related cloud and middleware solutions.
- 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: Loudcloud Triple: [Marc Andreessen, coFounded, Loudcloud]
Generated description
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Loudcloud Target entity description: Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
-
A.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
-
B.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
-
C.
BEA Systems
BEA Systems was a software company best known for its enterprise middleware and application server products that played a major role in early Java-based web and enterprise computing.
-
D.
VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
-
E.
Red Hat
Red Hat is a leading American open-source software company best known for its enterprise Linux distribution and related cloud and middleware solutions.
- 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec13b9b48190b294d998c6720132 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3f0aa7ac081908125aee0042c63cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3f11956f88190aed9f3b7f51c0c37 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3f21217b881909817a693e8cd75f5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.