Triple
T5299808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | AOL–Time Warner merger |
E119946
|
entity |
| Predicate | AOLFounder |
P11844
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Steve Case |
E22153
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Steve Case | Statement: [AOL–Time Warner merger, AOLFounder, Steve Case]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Case Context triple: [AOL–Time Warner merger, AOLFounder, Steve Case]
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A.
Steve Case
chosen
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
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B.
John Case
John Case is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as literature, academia, or public life.
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C.
Ray Ozzie
Ray Ozzie is an American software entrepreneur and technologist best known for creating Lotus Notes and later serving as a key strategic leader at Microsoft.
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D.
Sean Parker
Sean Parker is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of Napster and the first president of Facebook.
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E.
Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American engineer, billionaire venture capitalist, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems known for his influential role in Silicon Valley and early-stage technology investing.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: AOLFounder Context triple: [AOL–Time Warner merger, AOLFounder, Steve Case]
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A.
founderKnownFor
Indicates that a founder is particularly recognized or notable for a specific work, achievement, product, or contribution.
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B.
wasFoundedBy
chosen
Indicates that an organization, institution, or entity came into existence through the initiating action or establishment by a specific founder or founding group.
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C.
currentFounder
Indicates that an entity is a present, active founder of another entity (such as an organization or company).
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D.
cofounderOf
Indicates that a person jointly established or created an organization, company, or project with one or more other founders.
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E.
founderNationality
Indicates that the specified person’s country of origin or citizenship is the one associated with the founder in question.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8e44e7c881909b241b2fec366038 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf4871c22c8190986f12c2783f315a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd845097ac81909678624c4907fda4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.