Triple

T6790632
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Permira E155921 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Nicholas Ferguson
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
 E618956 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: Nicholas Ferguson | Statement: [Permira, foundedBy, Nicholas Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Ferguson
Context triple: [Permira, foundedBy, Nicholas Ferguson]
  • A. Nathan Furst
    Nathan Furst is an American composer best known for scoring films and television series, particularly in the action and adventure genres.
  • B. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • C. Frederick Forsyth
    Frederick Forsyth is a British thriller writer renowned for his meticulously researched, politically charged novels such as "The Day of the Jackal."
  • D. Len Deighton
    Len Deighton is a British author and historian best known for his spy novels, including "The IPCRESS File," and his influential works on military history.
  • E. Laurence Gardner
    Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
  • 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: Nicholas Ferguson
Triple: [Permira, foundedBy, Nicholas Ferguson]
Generated description
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicholas Ferguson
Target entity description: Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
  • A. Nathan Furst
    Nathan Furst is an American composer best known for scoring films and television series, particularly in the action and adventure genres.
  • B. C.J. Sansom
    C.J. Sansom was a British historical crime novelist best known for his bestselling Shardlake series set in Tudor England.
  • C. Frederick Forsyth
    Frederick Forsyth is a British thriller writer renowned for his meticulously researched, politically charged novels such as "The Day of the Jackal."
  • D. Len Deighton
    Len Deighton is a British author and historian best known for his spy novels, including "The IPCRESS File," and his influential works on military history.
  • E. Laurence Gardner
    Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
  • 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_69c6881770fc8190972b2906390380f5 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d2acbfc0819081f2d6cebfb91765 completed March 27, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c71a8c445c8190abea97a04d648f52 completed March 28, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c71b186238819096ef6162f9068543 completed March 28, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71b98b8008190a972cc0a215295c0 completed March 28, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m.