Triple

T577480
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hellman & Friedman E13786 entity
Predicate notableInvestment P3488 FINISHED
Object Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
E72308 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: Ultimate Software | Statement: [Hellman & Friedman, notableInvestment, Ultimate Software]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ultimate Software
Context triple: [Hellman & Friedman, notableInvestment, Ultimate Software]
  • A. Siebel Systems
    Siebel Systems was a leading enterprise software company best known for pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for large organizations.
  • B. Salesforce
    Salesforce is a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) company known for its suite of enterprise applications for sales, service, marketing, and analytics.
  • C. NetSuite
    NetSuite is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business management software suite widely used by companies to manage finance, operations, and customer relationships.
  • D. PeopleSoft
    PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.
  • E. Jasper Technologies
    Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
  • 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: Ultimate Software
Triple: [Hellman & Friedman, notableInvestment, Ultimate Software]
Generated description
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ultimate Software
Target entity description: Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
  • A. Siebel Systems
    Siebel Systems was a leading enterprise software company best known for pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for large organizations.
  • B. Salesforce
    Salesforce is a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) company known for its suite of enterprise applications for sales, service, marketing, and analytics.
  • C. NetSuite
    NetSuite is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business management software suite widely used by companies to manage finance, operations, and customer relationships.
  • D. PeopleSoft
    PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.
  • E. Jasper Technologies
    Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
  • 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_69a49d2a5f5481908bb9a71ff0f534d4 completed March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a501bfb6408190bf7e1f462f39723d completed March 2, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5026c35408190ab22dab86c673e0f completed March 2, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5063ad6b481909537a97e6a81eaa4 completed March 2, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.