Triple

T683568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Comcast E13233 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Ralph J. Roberts
Ralph J. Roberts was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Comcast, which he helped grow into one of the largest media and telecommunications companies in the United States.
 E89767 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: Ralph J. Roberts | Statement: [Comcast, foundedBy, Ralph J. Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph J. Roberts
Context triple: [Comcast, foundedBy, Ralph J. Roberts]
  • A. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • B. David Brinkley
    David Brinkley was a prominent American television newscaster and journalist best known for co-anchoring "The Huntley–Brinkley Report" and later serving as a leading figure in network evening news.
  • C. Roger Ailes
    Roger Ailes was an American television executive and political consultant best known for building Fox News into a dominant and highly influential conservative cable news network.
  • D. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • E. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of 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: Ralph J. Roberts
Triple: [Comcast, foundedBy, Ralph J. Roberts]
Generated description
Ralph J. Roberts was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Comcast, which he helped grow into one of the largest media and telecommunications companies in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph J. Roberts
Target entity description: Ralph J. Roberts was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of Comcast, which he helped grow into one of the largest media and telecommunications companies in the United States.
  • A. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • B. David Brinkley
    David Brinkley was a prominent American television newscaster and journalist best known for co-anchoring "The Huntley–Brinkley Report" and later serving as a leading figure in network evening news.
  • C. Roger Ailes
    Roger Ailes was an American television executive and political consultant best known for building Fox News into a dominant and highly influential conservative cable news network.
  • D. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • E. David Kirkpatrick
    David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of 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_69a4933e0f98819097d22766c49b61b8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a070d4c08190a510a8f9c1ae8076 completed March 1, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a65e3575388190a674df54e086fe2f completed March 3, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a65e9a20748190b499182db9fc8cbb completed March 3, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a65f13d140819086042d9b21f842f8 completed March 3, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.