Triple
T7885422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | BlackBerry Limited |
E183090
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mike Lazaridis |
E594300
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Mike Lazaridis | Statement: [BlackBerry Limited, foundedBy, Mike Lazaridis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Lazaridis Context triple: [BlackBerry Limited, foundedBy, Mike Lazaridis]
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A.
Mike Lazaridis
chosen
Mike Lazaridis is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of BlackBerry and a major philanthropist supporting theoretical physics research.
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B.
Jim Balsillie
Jim Balsillie is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known as the former co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and a major supporter of international affairs and public policy education.
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C.
Steve Case
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
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D.
Steve Levine
Steve Levine is a British record producer best known for his work in the 1980s with artists such as Culture Club and The Beach Boys.
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E.
Ted Rogers
Ted Rogers was a prominent Canadian businessman and media mogul best known for founding and building Rogers Communications into one of Canada’s largest telecommunications and media companies.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca828af6e48190a06ee7010d8f0e64 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb39d62a148190bed4e0d199aa427b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5b9286c881909ec01cb899e71d42 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:59 p.m.