Triple
T5015282
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Atari, Inc. |
E112727
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of the video game industry and the co-founder of Atari.
|
E486597
|
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: Nolan Bushnell | Statement: [Atari, Inc., foundedBy, Nolan Bushnell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nolan Bushnell Context triple: [Atari, Inc., foundedBy, Nolan Bushnell]
-
A.
Steve Meretzky
Steve Meretzky is an American game designer best known for his influential and humorous text adventures at Infocom, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
-
B.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
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C.
Sydney M. Mead
Sydney M. Mead is a scholar of religion known for his influential work on American religious history and the role of religion in shaping national identity.
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D.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
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E.
David Newell
David Newell is an American actor best known for playing the speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
- 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: Nolan Bushnell Triple: [Atari, Inc., foundedBy, Nolan Bushnell]
Generated description
Nolan Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of the video game industry and the co-founder of Atari.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nolan Bushnell Target entity description: Nolan Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of the video game industry and the co-founder of Atari.
-
A.
Steve Meretzky
Steve Meretzky is an American game designer best known for his influential and humorous text adventures at Infocom, including collaborations with Douglas Adams.
-
B.
Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer of microcomputer operating systems and the founder of Digital Research.
-
C.
Sydney M. Mead
Sydney M. Mead is a scholar of religion known for his influential work on American religious history and the role of religion in shaping national identity.
-
D.
John Simon Ritchie
John Simon Ritchie, better known as Sid Vicious, was the bassist of the pioneering English punk rock band the Sex Pistols and an icon of the 1970s punk movement.
-
E.
David Newell
David Newell is an American actor best known for playing the speedy deliveryman Mr. McFeely on the children's television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
- 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_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd732e0b848190858407920e7aefd0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be927500ec8190b4d87ef86469777d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be942dac9c8190a5861ca0aaa44c90 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be94a7e15481908f17feafb593b97b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.