Triple
T478069
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dropbox |
E9104
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
|
E59981
|
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: Drew Houston | Statement: [Dropbox, founder, Drew Houston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drew Houston Context triple: [Dropbox, founder, Drew Houston]
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A.
Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan Blecharczyk is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and longtime technology leader of the home-sharing company Airbnb.
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B.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
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C.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
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D.
Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
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E.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
- 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: Drew Houston Triple: [Dropbox, founder, Drew Houston]
Generated description
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drew Houston Target entity description: Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
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A.
Nathan Blecharczyk
Nathan Blecharczyk is an American billionaire entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and longtime technology leader of the home-sharing company Airbnb.
-
B.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
-
C.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
-
D.
Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
-
E.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
- 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f03f3fbc81909af6e4496d5e6c2a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a46c5f07808190aeafebb8e7cd7df9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a46cf0592081908803613c91c1ec13 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a46d4df73c8190a0fb6b3dbcb40e50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.