Triple
T6180984
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Y Combinator |
E137940
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Graham
Paul Graham is a British-born American programmer, essayist, and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his widely read essays on startups and technology.
|
E573876
|
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: Paul Graham | Statement: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Paul Graham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Graham Context triple: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Paul Graham]
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A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of Union Square Ventures and an influential early-stage tech investor and blogger.
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B.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
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C.
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is a prominent technology publisher, author, and founder of O'Reilly Media, known for popularizing terms like "open source" and "Web 2.0" and for his influential role in shaping the modern tech industry.
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D.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
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E.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
- 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: Paul Graham Triple: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Paul Graham]
Generated description
Paul Graham is a British-born American programmer, essayist, and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his widely read essays on startups and technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Graham Target entity description: Paul Graham is a British-born American programmer, essayist, and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his widely read essays on startups and technology.
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A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of Union Square Ventures and an influential early-stage tech investor and blogger.
-
B.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
-
C.
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly is a prominent technology publisher, author, and founder of O'Reilly Media, known for popularizing terms like "open source" and "Web 2.0" and for his influential role in shaping the modern tech industry.
-
D.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
-
E.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
- 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_69c008a80f748190ba3d07ffc81acb29 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c060fdf7ac8190a0e887907ec9a922 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c141c30d28819095d719adc421b02d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c14426f414819084bd3bafa81d6c00 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c144b45a148190a95095d7141ddeb0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.