Triple
T515605
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | École Polytechnique |
E10698
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Xavier Niel
Xavier Niel is a French billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of the telecom company Iliad/Free and a prominent figure in France’s technology and startup ecosystem.
|
E64957
|
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: Xavier Niel | Statement: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Xavier Niel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xavier Niel Context triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Xavier Niel]
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A.
Laurent Durand
Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
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B.
Bertrand Fagalde
Bertrand Fagalde was a French admiral best known for his leadership of French naval forces during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II.
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C.
Stéphane Mille
Stéphane Mille is a French Air and Space Force general who serves as its current chief of staff.
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D.
Patrick Drahi
Patrick Drahi is a Franco-Israeli billionaire businessman and telecoms magnate best known as the founder of the multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice.
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E.
Alain Mimoun
Alain Mimoun was a French long-distance runner best known for winning the marathon gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after years of rivalry with Emil Zátopek.
- 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: Xavier Niel Triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Xavier Niel]
Generated description
Xavier Niel is a French billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of the telecom company Iliad/Free and a prominent figure in France’s technology and startup ecosystem.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xavier Niel Target entity description: Xavier Niel is a French billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of the telecom company Iliad/Free and a prominent figure in France’s technology and startup ecosystem.
-
A.
Laurent Durand
Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
-
B.
Bertrand Fagalde
Bertrand Fagalde was a French admiral best known for his leadership of French naval forces during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II.
-
C.
Stéphane Mille
Stéphane Mille is a French Air and Space Force general who serves as its current chief of staff.
-
D.
Patrick Drahi
Patrick Drahi is a Franco-Israeli billionaire businessman and telecoms magnate best known as the founder of the multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice.
-
E.
Alain Mimoun
Alain Mimoun was a French long-distance runner best known for winning the marathon gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after years of rivalry with Emil Zátopek.
- 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f1836b688190a60cc901a8724159 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4a6fd69148190abfd945bc5434cf2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4a884de0c8190b2243403f6bc870b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4a925f60c8190aa5b13380a712974 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.