Triple
T718365
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Reid Hoffman |
E14359
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
PayPal Mafia
The PayPal Mafia is an informal group of former PayPal founders and early employees who went on to create or lead numerous influential technology companies such as LinkedIn, Tesla, SpaceX, Yelp, and YouTube.
|
E85403
|
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: PayPal Mafia | Statement: [Reid Hoffman, memberOf, PayPal Mafia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PayPal Mafia Context triple: [Reid Hoffman, memberOf, PayPal Mafia]
-
A.
Revolution Money
Revolution Money was a financial services company that offered low-fee payment and credit card solutions as an alternative to traditional card networks.
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B.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
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C.
Piipaash
Piipaash are a Native American people of the lower Colorado River region, closely related to the Maricopa and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
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D.
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss is a 2002 studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg that blends West Coast hip hop and G-funk with mainstream production and guest features.
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E.
Yallahs
Yallahs is a coastal town in southeastern Jamaica known for its proximity to Kingston and its role as a local commercial and residential center in St. Thomas Parish.
- 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: PayPal Mafia Triple: [Reid Hoffman, memberOf, PayPal Mafia]
Generated description
The PayPal Mafia is an informal group of former PayPal founders and early employees who went on to create or lead numerous influential technology companies such as LinkedIn, Tesla, SpaceX, Yelp, and YouTube.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PayPal Mafia Target entity description: The PayPal Mafia is an informal group of former PayPal founders and early employees who went on to create or lead numerous influential technology companies such as LinkedIn, Tesla, SpaceX, Yelp, and YouTube.
-
A.
Revolution Money
Revolution Money was a financial services company that offered low-fee payment and credit card solutions as an alternative to traditional card networks.
-
B.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
-
C.
Piipaash
Piipaash are a Native American people of the lower Colorado River region, closely related to the Maricopa and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
-
D.
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss is a 2002 studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg that blends West Coast hip hop and G-funk with mainstream production and guest features.
-
E.
Yallahs
Yallahs is a coastal town in southeastern Jamaica known for its proximity to Kingston and its role as a local commercial and residential center in St. Thomas Parish.
- 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a577658881909c12951d63d96377 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcb77bc481909d79542001fafbd2 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5de57bbec81908a5d1202299194f4 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a60952c6388190a23a178d695eec6e |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.