Triple

T4313928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Dykstra E94141 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Apogee, Inc.
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
E429352 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: Apogee, Inc. | Statement: [John Dykstra, founded, Apogee, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apogee, Inc.
Context triple: [John Dykstra, founded, Apogee, Inc.]
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Sierra Nevada Corporation
    Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
  • C. Teledyne
    Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
  • D. Ball Aerospace
    Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
  • E. Avago Technologies
    Avago Technologies was a major semiconductor company, later renamed Broadcom Inc., known for its broad portfolio of analog, digital, and mixed-signal products used in communications, data center, and industrial applications.
  • 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: Apogee, Inc.
Triple: [John Dykstra, founded, Apogee, Inc.]
Generated description
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apogee, Inc.
Target entity description: Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
  • A. Setra Systems
    Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
  • B. Sierra Nevada Corporation
    Sierra Nevada Corporation is a U.S. aerospace and defense contractor known for developing advanced space systems, including the Dream Chaser spaceplane, and providing technology solutions to government and commercial customers.
  • C. Teledyne
    Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
  • D. Ball Aerospace
    Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.
  • E. Avago Technologies
    Avago Technologies was a major semiconductor company, later renamed Broadcom Inc., known for its broad portfolio of analog, digital, and mixed-signal products used in communications, data center, and industrial applications.
  • 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_69b3451886588190a3dd1305ea7c58dc completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350f319c08190bb40a9fc5933728d completed March 12, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c75f30f48190ab030d635bd334af completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c7d12d408190957f40fe4c9d7ab3 completed March 14, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c890dfa48190af458943224ad2e2 completed March 14, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m.