Triple
T3780475
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | PayPal Mafia |
E85403
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Dave McClure
Dave McClure is an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the founder of the startup accelerator and venture fund 500 Startups.
|
E387785
|
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: Dave McClure | Statement: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Dave McClure]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave McClure Context triple: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Dave McClure]
-
A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
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B.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
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C.
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.
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D.
Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and an early investor in major technology companies.
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E.
Adam Neumann
Adam Neumann is an Israeli-American entrepreneur best known as the controversial co-founder and former CEO of the shared-office-space company WeWork.
- 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: Dave McClure Triple: [PayPal Mafia, hasMember, Dave McClure]
Generated description
Dave McClure is an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the founder of the startup accelerator and venture fund 500 Startups.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave McClure Target entity description: Dave McClure is an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the founder of the startup accelerator and venture fund 500 Startups.
-
A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
-
B.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and an early investor in major technology companies.
-
E.
Adam Neumann
Adam Neumann is an Israeli-American entrepreneur best known as the controversial co-founder and former CEO of the shared-office-space company WeWork.
- 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.