Triple

T4050912
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gilead Sciences E84182 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Michael L. Riordan
Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
E419528 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: Michael L. Riordan | Statement: [Gilead Sciences, foundedBy, Michael L. Riordan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael L. Riordan
Context triple: [Gilead Sciences, foundedBy, Michael L. Riordan]
  • A. Richard J. Riordan
    Richard J. Riordan was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001.
  • B. Randal A. Ball
    Randal A. Ball is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Ball, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Stephen F. Martin
    Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
  • E. Joseph Randall Shapiro
    Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
  • 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: Michael L. Riordan
Triple: [Gilead Sciences, foundedBy, Michael L. Riordan]
Generated description
Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael L. Riordan
Target entity description: Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
  • A. Richard J. Riordan
    Richard J. Riordan was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001.
  • B. Randal A. Ball
    Randal A. Ball is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Ball, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Stephen F. Martin
    Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
  • E. Joseph Randall Shapiro
    Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
  • 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_69aed930bd5c819083e7dcc14fc44f69 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb8539148190990468c1429be9dd completed March 9, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b589d11b0881909984a0b4f738b444 completed March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58abc256c8190ad37c8d213b8f11e completed March 14, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58b41916c81909eb2e5ab482a5fe1 completed March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.