Triple

T7328816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mentor Graphics E168945 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Dave Moffenbeier
Dave Moffenbeier is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the electronic design automation company Mentor Graphics.
E670042 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: Dave Moffenbeier | Statement: [Mentor Graphics, foundedBy, Dave Moffenbeier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave Moffenbeier
Context triple: [Mentor Graphics, foundedBy, Dave Moffenbeier]
  • A. Dave Moellenhoff
    Dave Moellenhoff is a software engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the original co-founders and early technical leaders of Salesforce.
  • B. Ken Moffett
    Ken Moffett was a prominent American labor mediator and union negotiator best known for his key role in resolving major sports labor disputes, including those in Major League Baseball.
  • C. Eric Schoffstall
    Eric Schoffstall is a software developer best known for creating Gulp, a popular JavaScript-based task runner used in web development build workflows.
  • D. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • E. Dan Pfeiffer
    Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
  • 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: Dave Moffenbeier
Triple: [Mentor Graphics, foundedBy, Dave Moffenbeier]
Generated description
Dave Moffenbeier is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the electronic design automation company Mentor Graphics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dave Moffenbeier
Target entity description: Dave Moffenbeier is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the electronic design automation company Mentor Graphics.
  • A. Dave Moellenhoff
    Dave Moellenhoff is a software engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the original co-founders and early technical leaders of Salesforce.
  • B. Ken Moffett
    Ken Moffett was a prominent American labor mediator and union negotiator best known for his key role in resolving major sports labor disputes, including those in Major League Baseball.
  • C. Eric Schoffstall
    Eric Schoffstall is a software developer best known for creating Gulp, a popular JavaScript-based task runner used in web development build workflows.
  • D. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • E. Dan Pfeiffer
    Dan Pfeiffer is an American political strategist and former White House communications director who served as a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69c68a54cacc81908e3b773441f19566 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0a879b88190bef0fb6cbae411ff completed March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c845e46d4881909b346391812513a2 completed March 28, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8469df1c081908aef635dfa3d74f7 completed March 28, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8472c55c081909e189cf92c4c1a86 completed March 28, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:03 p.m.