Triple
T3780464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | PayPal Mafia |
E85403
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha is a South African-born venture capitalist and former PayPal executive, known for his influential role as a partner at Sequoia Capital backing major technology companies.
|
E387781
|
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: Roelof Botha | Statement: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Roelof Botha]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roelof Botha Context triple: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Roelof Botha]
-
A.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Christiaan Bezuidenhout is a South African professional golfer known for his success on the European Tour and his remarkable rise despite overcoming significant personal health challenges.
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B.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
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C.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert was a prominent 19th-century Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
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D.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
-
E.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
- 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: Roelof Botha Triple: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Roelof Botha]
Generated description
Roelof Botha is a South African-born venture capitalist and former PayPal executive, known for his influential role as a partner at Sequoia Capital backing major technology companies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roelof Botha Target entity description: Roelof Botha is a South African-born venture capitalist and former PayPal executive, known for his influential role as a partner at Sequoia Capital backing major technology companies.
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A.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Christiaan Bezuidenhout is a South African professional golfer known for his success on the European Tour and his remarkable rise despite overcoming significant personal health challenges.
-
B.
Werner Louw
Werner Louw is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Louw.
-
C.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Petrus Jacobus "Piet" Joubert was a prominent 19th-century Boer military leader and politician who served as Commandant-General of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
-
D.
Ben Viljoen
Ben Viljoen was a prominent Boer general and political figure who played a key leadership role in the Second Boer War against the British.
-
E.
Hendrik Klopper
Hendrik Klopper was a South African Army officer and World War II general best known for his leadership of Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Tobruk.
- 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee3d84d7881909828903896b3cb7f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f040676c8190aa3a7952a9d6f62b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4f159d7e88190a76d51378ba141d3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4f220f9388190b2c3615f713f01f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:12 p.m.