Triple

T4988021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject August Chan Zuckerberg E112052 entity
Predicate hasMaternalGrandparent P51993 FINISHED
Object Dennis Chan
Dennis Chan is the maternal grandfather of August Chan Zuckerberg, the daughter of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
E484409 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Dennis Chan | Statement: [August Chan Zuckerberg, hasMaternalGrandparent, Dennis Chan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Chan
Context triple: [August Chan Zuckerberg, hasMaternalGrandparent, Dennis Chan]
  • A. Gerald Chan
    Gerald Chan is a Hong Kong-born American billionaire investor and philanthropist known for major donations to Harvard University and leadership of the Morningside Group.
  • B. Ronald Cheng
    Ronald Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer known for his comedic film roles and successful music career.
  • C. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • D. Victor Wong
    Victor Wong was an American character actor known for his distinctive presence in films such as "The Last Emperor," "Big Trouble in Little China," and "Tremors."
  • E. Michael Chan
    Michael Chan is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, business, and entertainment.
  • 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: Dennis Chan
Triple: [August Chan Zuckerberg, hasMaternalGrandparent, Dennis Chan]
Generated description
Dennis Chan is the maternal grandfather of August Chan Zuckerberg, the daughter of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Chan
Target entity description: Dennis Chan is the maternal grandfather of August Chan Zuckerberg, the daughter of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
  • A. Gerald Chan
    Gerald Chan is a Hong Kong-born American billionaire investor and philanthropist known for major donations to Harvard University and leadership of the Morningside Group.
  • B. Ronald Cheng
    Ronald Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer known for his comedic film roles and successful music career.
  • C. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • D. Victor Wong
    Victor Wong was an American character actor known for his distinctive presence in films such as "The Last Emperor," "Big Trouble in Little China," and "Tremors."
  • E. Michael Chan
    Michael Chan is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, business, and entertainment.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasMaternalGrandparent
Context triple: [August Chan Zuckerberg, hasMaternalGrandparent, Dennis Chan]
  • A. maternalGrandsonOf
    Indicates that one entity is the male child of the daughter of another entity (i.e., the other entity’s grandson through their maternal line).
  • B. maternalGrandfatherOf chosen
    Indicates that one person is the father of another person's mother.
  • C. grandparent
    Indicates that one entity is the parent of another entity’s parent.
  • D. grandparentInLawOf
    Indicates that one person is the grandparent of another person’s spouse, or the spouse of another person’s grandparent.
  • E. ancestorMother
    Indicates that one entity is a female ancestor (mother, grandmother, etc.) of another entity in a family lineage.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69bd441be7bc8190b530362d427b97d2 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd74249a8c8190952680aee06a9286 completed March 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be8a20a8f88190980409794c90461f completed March 21, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be8b66c01c81908d5a06e4db395863 completed March 21, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be8be2ab388190b8e4903d299e3a34 completed March 21, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd71492dec8190af4c27a3043b35cc completed March 20, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:34 p.m.