Triple
T82098
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Microsoft |
E1649
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
|
E21159
|
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: Paul Allen | Statement: [Microsoft, founder, Paul Allen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Allen Context triple: [Microsoft, founder, Paul Allen]
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A.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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B.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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C.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is an American billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Oracle Corporation, known for his major influence in the software industry and high-profile philanthropic and business activities.
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D.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
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E.
Reed Jobs
Reed Jobs is an American investor and philanthropist, known as the son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and for leading health-focused venture initiatives.
- 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: Paul Allen Triple: [Microsoft, founder, Paul Allen]
Generated description
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Allen Target entity description: Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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A.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
-
B.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
-
C.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is an American billionaire entrepreneur and co-founder of Oracle Corporation, known for his major influence in the software industry and high-profile philanthropic and business activities.
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D.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
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E.
Reed Jobs
Reed Jobs is an American investor and philanthropist, known as the son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and for leading health-focused venture initiatives.
- 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f367b208190a69f5b76d6ae0496 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2e3bbb3508190870d3291a836923e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2e41986ec819089095e6843907cd4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2e4c29a208190afb2247950c86c59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.