Triple

T6461834
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics E142139 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Mike Lazaridis
Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of BlackBerry and a major philanthropist supporting theoretical physics research.
E594300 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: Mike Lazaridis | Statement: [Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, foundedBy, Mike Lazaridis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Lazaridis
Context triple: [Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, foundedBy, Mike Lazaridis]
  • A. Steve Case
    Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
  • B. Ted Rogers
    Ted Rogers was a prominent Canadian businessman and media mogul best known for founding and building Rogers Communications into one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • C. Mike Lynch
    Mike Lynch is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for leading the athletic department at Babson College.
  • D. Frank Campeau
    Frank Campeau was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his frequent supporting roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Vinod Khosla
    Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American engineer, billionaire venture capitalist, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems known for his influential role in Silicon Valley and early-stage technology investing.
  • 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: Mike Lazaridis
Triple: [Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, foundedBy, Mike Lazaridis]
Generated description
Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of BlackBerry and a major philanthropist supporting theoretical physics research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Lazaridis
Target entity description: Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of BlackBerry and a major philanthropist supporting theoretical physics research.
  • A. Steve Case
    Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
  • B. Ted Rogers
    Ted Rogers was a prominent Canadian businessman and media mogul best known for founding and building Rogers Communications into one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
  • C. Mike Lynch
    Mike Lynch is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for leading the athletic department at Babson College.
  • D. Frank Campeau
    Frank Campeau was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his frequent supporting roles in Westerns and adventure films.
  • E. Vinod Khosla
    Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American engineer, billionaire venture capitalist, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems known for his influential role in Silicon Valley and early-stage technology investing.
  • 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_69c008d2f91c8190a8178767a35e08fc completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c069f683248190a58beb60f009eafb completed March 22, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c64be4e6888190a685f447e9950163 completed March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c64e4413f481908561a86bc9a9b0b2 completed March 27, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c64ec0d40881908fda2e994f0f6ed5 completed March 27, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:49 p.m.