Triple
T6525356
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | National Instruments |
E151288
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entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
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FINISHED |
| Object |
James Truchard
James Truchard is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of National Instruments, a company specializing in automated test and measurement systems.
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E602866
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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: James Truchard | Statement: [National Instruments, foundedBy, James Truchard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Truchard Context triple: [National Instruments, foundedBy, James Truchard]
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A.
Jerry Crutchfield
Jerry Crutchfield was an American country music songwriter and producer known for his work with major artists and numerous hit songs across several decades.
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B.
John Daigle
John Daigle is a film editor known for his work on the 2019 animated feature "The Addams Family."
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C.
Rod Tidwell
Rod Tidwell is a charismatic, outspoken professional football player in the film "Jerry Maguire," best known for his demand to "show me the money."
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D.
Lamar Trotti
Lamar Trotti was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including several major 20th Century Fox productions.
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E.
Kenny Buttrey
Kenny Buttrey was an American session drummer renowned for his work on landmark recordings by artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Elvis Presley.
- 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: James Truchard Triple: [National Instruments, foundedBy, James Truchard]
Generated description
James Truchard is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of National Instruments, a company specializing in automated test and measurement systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Truchard Target entity description: James Truchard is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of National Instruments, a company specializing in automated test and measurement systems.
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A.
Jerry Crutchfield
Jerry Crutchfield was an American country music songwriter and producer known for his work with major artists and numerous hit songs across several decades.
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B.
John Daigle
John Daigle is a film editor known for his work on the 2019 animated feature "The Addams Family."
-
C.
Rod Tidwell
Rod Tidwell is a charismatic, outspoken professional football player in the film "Jerry Maguire," best known for his demand to "show me the money."
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D.
Lamar Trotti
Lamar Trotti was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including several major 20th Century Fox productions.
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E.
Kenny Buttrey
Kenny Buttrey was an American session drummer renowned for his work on landmark recordings by artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Elvis Presley.
- 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_69c687f522748190b3058405553cdabd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ada77b448190b6e0e07494fb4dd3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6d5271b7c8190a602f6ec72efe04c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6d622831c8190b09b8539e36afb7c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6d6b00ebc8190b893b3e209bf07c0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:45 p.m.