Triple
T7977082
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stewart Butterfield |
E185473
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Daniel Stewart Butterfield
Daniel Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Slack and the co-founder of the photo-sharing site Flickr.
|
E812528
|
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: Daniel Stewart Butterfield | Statement: [Stewart Butterfield, birthName, Daniel Stewart Butterfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Stewart Butterfield Context triple: [Stewart Butterfield, birthName, Daniel Stewart Butterfield]
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A.
George T. Brown
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
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B.
Edward F. Storey
Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
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C.
John A. Pearson
John A. Pearson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for designing major public and institutional buildings.
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D.
John L. Burton
John L. Burton is an American Democratic politician from California who served for decades in both the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, including as chair of the California Democratic Party.
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E.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
- 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: Daniel Stewart Butterfield Triple: [Stewart Butterfield, birthName, Daniel Stewart Butterfield]
Generated description
Daniel Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Slack and the co-founder of the photo-sharing site Flickr.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daniel Stewart Butterfield Target entity description: Daniel Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Slack and the co-founder of the photo-sharing site Flickr.
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A.
George T. Brown
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
-
B.
Edward F. Storey
Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
-
C.
John A. Pearson
John A. Pearson was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian architect known for designing major public and institutional buildings.
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D.
John L. Burton
John L. Burton is an American Democratic politician from California who served for decades in both the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, including as chair of the California Democratic Party.
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E.
William S. Benson
William S. Benson was a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Operations during World War I.
- 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_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3bf716508190b4245bd5d89ae8c4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d181f4123c8190a15ee03b3156c6fd |
completed | April 4, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d182ef83e881908a579b6a696ebdc3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 9:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1836f1be48190a172834ce9eaafe3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.