Triple
T8620187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Virgin Group |
E204142
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Branson and Nik Powell |
E6365
|
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: Richard Branson and Nik Powell | Statement: [Virgin Group, foundedBy, Richard Branson and Nik Powell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Branson and Nik Powell Context triple: [Virgin Group, foundedBy, Richard Branson and Nik Powell]
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A.
Richard Branson
chosen
Richard Branson is a British billionaire entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Virgin Group, which controls businesses in sectors ranging from music and aviation to telecommunications and space travel.
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B.
David Neeleman
David Neeleman is a Brazilian-American airline entrepreneur best known for founding JetBlue Airways and several other low-cost carriers.
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C.
Brian Patten
Brian Patten is an English poet and writer, best known as one of the Liverpool Poets of the 1960s and for his accessible, emotionally resonant verse for both adults and children.
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D.
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell is a Welsh musician and composer best known as the long-term partner and husband of singer Charlotte Church.
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E.
Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell is a British television producer and executive best known for his influential work at the BBC during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69ca832ceab8819096e4a9f546695079 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc471458f48190a6d8858f8074727d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cebbd49cc8819093555edf5ff0acaa |
completed | April 2, 2026, 6:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.