Triple

T542279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sun Microsystems E12656 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
E70883 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: Andy Bechtolsheim | Statement: [Sun Microsystems, foundedBy, Andy Bechtolsheim]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andy Bechtolsheim
Context triple: [Sun Microsystems, foundedBy, Andy Bechtolsheim]
  • A. Mike Markkula
    Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Andrew S. Grove
    Andrew S. Grove was a Hungarian-American engineer, businessman, and longtime Intel CEO who played a pivotal role in shaping the modern semiconductor industry and personal computing.
  • D. Leonard Bosack
    Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • 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: Andy Bechtolsheim
Triple: [Sun Microsystems, foundedBy, Andy Bechtolsheim]
Generated description
Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andy Bechtolsheim
Target entity description: Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
  • A. Mike Markkula
    Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Andrew S. Grove
    Andrew S. Grove was a Hungarian-American engineer, businessman, and longtime Intel CEO who played a pivotal role in shaping the modern semiconductor industry and personal computing.
  • D. Leonard Bosack
    Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49861195081909540eaf402a5401a completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4efca0f888190add0fe7ab325bfdf completed March 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4f04c01e0819091b0ea4649ced549 completed March 2, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4f0a8730c8190bb7e0804b2081948 completed March 2, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.