Triple

T7501968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject EMC Corporation E177281 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Richard Egan
Richard Egan was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of data storage giant EMC Corporation and for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
 E688461 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: Richard Egan | Statement: [EMC Corporation, foundedBy, Richard Egan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Egan
Context triple: [EMC Corporation, foundedBy, Richard Egan]
  • A. David Egan
    David Egan is a film editor known for his work on animated features such as DC League of Super-Pets.
  • B. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
  • C. John Lacey
    John Lacey is the neurotic, recently divorced middle-aged father who serves as the central character in the sitcom "Dear John."
  • D. Peter O'Brien
    Peter O'Brien is an Australian actor known for his work in television and film, and for being married to fellow Australian actor Miranda Otto.
  • E. Al Higgins
    Al Higgins is a television producer best known for his work on acclaimed comedy series, including serving as an executive producer on Netflix’s "The Kominsky Method."
  • 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: Richard Egan
Triple: [EMC Corporation, foundedBy, Richard Egan]
Generated description
Richard Egan was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of data storage giant EMC Corporation and for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Egan
Target entity description: Richard Egan was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of data storage giant EMC Corporation and for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.
  • A. David Egan
    David Egan is a film editor known for his work on animated features such as DC League of Super-Pets.
  • B. Michael O'Hara
    Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
  • C. John Lacey
    John Lacey is the neurotic, recently divorced middle-aged father who serves as the central character in the sitcom "Dear John."
  • D. Peter O'Brien
    Peter O'Brien is an Australian actor known for his work in television and film, and for being married to fellow Australian actor Miranda Otto.
  • E. Al Higgins
    Al Higgins is a television producer best known for his work on acclaimed comedy series, including serving as an executive producer on Netflix’s "The Kominsky Method."
  • 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_69c69f2696688190915a8458f2398211 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f59be2748190ad8e94179f594e51 completed March 27, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8d68a7e908190831b9f7f84ef19bd completed March 29, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8daa512c881909a657ed147969224 completed March 29, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8daf11044819084f60c82e4d746f2 completed March 29, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:44 p.m.