Triple

T78887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Facebook E1582 entity
Predicate coFounder P2835 FINISHED
Object Andrew McCollum
Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
 E53038 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: Andrew McCollum | Statement: [Facebook, coFounder, Andrew McCollum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew McCollum
Context triple: [Facebook, coFounder, Andrew McCollum]
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • C. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • D. Patrick Dodson
    Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
  • E. Alex Prus
    Alex Prus is a former professional soccer referee who officiated at the highest levels of Major League Soccer in the United States.
  • 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: Andrew McCollum
Triple: [Facebook, coFounder, Andrew McCollum]
Generated description
Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrew McCollum
Target entity description: Andrew McCollum is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as one of the original co-founders of Facebook.
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • C. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • D. Patrick Dodson
    Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
  • E. Alex Prus
    Alex Prus is a former professional soccer referee who officiated at the highest levels of Major League Soccer in the United States.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2567c90308190a9b989c586f7e559 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4253b21b08190934efd309eec7228 completed March 1, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a425ff66b48190a3e060ee9bc593d8 completed March 1, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a42626a4e4819092b4417999e17aec completed March 1, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.