Triple

T5812343
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert F. Smith E128898 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Vista Equity Partners
Vista Equity Partners is a leading American private equity firm specializing in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.
 E548069 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: Vista Equity Partners | Statement: [Robert F. Smith, founded, Vista Equity Partners]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vista Equity Partners
Context triple: [Robert F. Smith, founded, Vista Equity Partners]
  • A. Veritas Capital
    Veritas Capital is a private equity firm that specializes in investing in technology and government-related companies, particularly in sectors like healthcare, defense, and education.
  • B. NextEquity Partners
    NextEquity Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm known for investing in growth-stage technology and innovation-driven companies.
  • C. Thoma Bravo
    Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
  • D. Warburg Pincus
    Warburg Pincus is a global private equity firm known for growth investing across a wide range of industries and regions.
  • E. Cinven
    Cinven is a leading European private equity firm known for acquiring and developing large companies across various sectors.
  • 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: Vista Equity Partners
Triple: [Robert F. Smith, founded, Vista Equity Partners]
Generated description
Vista Equity Partners is a leading American private equity firm specializing in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vista Equity Partners
Target entity description: Vista Equity Partners is a leading American private equity firm specializing in software, data, and technology-enabled businesses.
  • A. Veritas Capital
    Veritas Capital is a private equity firm that specializes in investing in technology and government-related companies, particularly in sectors like healthcare, defense, and education.
  • B. NextEquity Partners
    NextEquity Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm known for investing in growth-stage technology and innovation-driven companies.
  • C. Thoma Bravo
    Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
  • D. Warburg Pincus
    Warburg Pincus is a global private equity firm known for growth investing across a wide range of industries and regions.
  • E. Cinven
    Cinven is a leading European private equity firm known for acquiring and developing large companies across various sectors.
  • 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_69c0084788848190bcf71f6bc5d71597 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02b54c2848190bb85212689d0b511 completed March 22, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c09844f0b881908d4165e550f75d47 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0990d00e88190b9f2b34a8cedda3a completed March 23, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c099770ca88190a91815ec055f6df8 completed March 23, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:52 p.m.