Triple
T542750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
E12665
|
entity |
| Predicate | trustee |
P451
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Gates Sr. |
E68408
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William H. Gates Sr. | Statement: [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, trustee, William H. Gates Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Gates Sr. Context triple: [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, trustee, William H. Gates Sr.]
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A.
William H. Gates Sr.
chosen
William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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B.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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C.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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D.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
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E.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49d278cf88190ad1368da91a7014f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4e9b92f1c8190bdcf5ae3a07edb3a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.