Triple

T3780513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Greylock Partners E85404 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Bill Elfers
Bill Elfers was an American venture capitalist best known for co-founding the influential Silicon Valley and Boston-based firm Greylock Partners.
E403776 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: Bill Elfers | Statement: [Greylock Partners, founder, Bill Elfers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Elfers
Context triple: [Greylock Partners, founder, Bill Elfers]
  • A. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • B. Joseph Effner
    Joseph Effner was an influential early 18th-century German architect known for shaping Bavarian Baroque and Rococo architecture, particularly through his work on major residences and palaces for the Wittelsbach court.
  • C. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • D. Ron Hagen
    Ron Hagen is a cinematographer best known for his work on the Australian film "Romper Stomper."
  • E. Joe Sahlen
    Joe Sahlen is an American businessman best known as the owner of the Western New York Flash professional soccer club.
  • 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: Bill Elfers
Triple: [Greylock Partners, founder, Bill Elfers]
Generated description
Bill Elfers was an American venture capitalist best known for co-founding the influential Silicon Valley and Boston-based firm Greylock Partners.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Elfers
Target entity description: Bill Elfers was an American venture capitalist best known for co-founding the influential Silicon Valley and Boston-based firm Greylock Partners.
  • A. Fred Schuler
    Fred Schuler is a cinematographer best known for his work on films such as the 1980 comedy "Stir Crazy."
  • B. Joseph Effner
    Joseph Effner was an influential early 18th-century German architect known for shaping Bavarian Baroque and Rococo architecture, particularly through his work on major residences and palaces for the Wittelsbach court.
  • C. Gary Waldhorn
    Gary Waldhorn was a British actor best known for his comedic and character roles on television and stage, particularly in popular UK sitcoms.
  • D. Ron Hagen
    Ron Hagen is a cinematographer best known for his work on the Australian film "Romper Stomper."
  • E. Joe Sahlen
    Joe Sahlen is an American businessman best known as the owner of the Western New York Flash professional soccer club.
  • 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_69b53fde1998819088a4436f3ec7205a completed March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b540c5ab7881908b7ebb0af2f9da46 completed March 14, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5415e002881908343ae30b2f8a16c completed March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:12 p.m.