Triple
T950247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Los Angeles Clippers |
E20503
|
entity |
| Predicate | owner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and former Microsoft CEO known for his energetic leadership style and ownership of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
|
E113953
|
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: Steve Ballmer | Statement: [Los Angeles Clippers, owner, Steve Ballmer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Ballmer Context triple: [Los Angeles Clippers, owner, Steve Ballmer]
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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.
Mike Lynch
Mike Lynch is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for leading the athletic department at Babson College.
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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.
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive who serves as the CEO and chairman of Microsoft, known for steering the company’s transformation toward cloud computing and AI.
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E.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
- 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: Steve Ballmer Triple: [Los Angeles Clippers, owner, Steve Ballmer]
Generated description
Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and former Microsoft CEO known for his energetic leadership style and ownership of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Ballmer Target entity description: Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and former Microsoft CEO known for his energetic leadership style and ownership of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
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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.
Mike Lynch
Mike Lynch is a collegiate athletics administrator best known for leading the athletic department at Babson College.
-
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.
-
D.
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive who serves as the CEO and chairman of Microsoft, known for steering the company’s transformation toward cloud computing and AI.
-
E.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
- 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3c191ac819099ebf3cb32f096d8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac119db8c881909cd727b255675c0c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac147efce881909968fbb1c19f0237 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac14ca3b6c8190955387f5b6003931 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.