Triple
T577470
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hellman & Friedman |
E13786
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tully Friedman
Tully Friedman is an American financier and private equity investor best known as the co-founder of the investment firm Hellman & Friedman.
|
E112881
|
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: Tully Friedman | Statement: [Hellman & Friedman, foundedBy, Tully Friedman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tully Friedman Context triple: [Hellman & Friedman, foundedBy, Tully Friedman]
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A.
Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of the wearable fitness technology company Fitbit.
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B.
Jerry Baldwin
Jerry Baldwin is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the Starbucks coffee company.
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C.
Avery Lipman
Avery Lipman is an American music industry executive and co-founder of Republic Records, known for helping build it into a major label representing many top-charting artists.
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D.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
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E.
Jud Fry
Jud Fry is the brooding, antagonistic farmhand and primary villain in the classic American musical "Oklahoma!".
- 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: Tully Friedman Triple: [Hellman & Friedman, foundedBy, Tully Friedman]
Generated description
Tully Friedman is an American financier and private equity investor best known as the co-founder of the investment firm Hellman & Friedman.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tully Friedman Target entity description: Tully Friedman is an American financier and private equity investor best known as the co-founder of the investment firm Hellman & Friedman.
-
A.
Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of the wearable fitness technology company Fitbit.
-
B.
Jerry Baldwin
Jerry Baldwin is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the Starbucks coffee company.
-
C.
Avery Lipman
Avery Lipman is an American music industry executive and co-founder of Republic Records, known for helping build it into a major label representing many top-charting artists.
-
D.
Michael Klein
Michael Klein is the father of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein.
-
E.
Jud Fry
Jud Fry is the brooding, antagonistic farmhand and primary villain in the classic American musical "Oklahoma!".
- 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b68cc808190b1ba45bdad78443d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac1185da8c8190a70f4fd885bbe209 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac1279e9d481908644b2e6c6bdb645 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac12fba71881909537bc73c8f6c620 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.