Triple

T9532832
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Data General E229936 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Herbert Richman
Herbert Richman was a co-founder of Data General, a pioneering American minicomputer company that emerged as a significant competitor in the computer industry in the late 1960s and 1970s.
 E805885 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: Herbert Richman | Statement: [Data General, foundedBy, Herbert Richman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert Richman
Context triple: [Data General, foundedBy, Herbert Richman]
  • A. George Fawcett
    George Fawcett was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his authoritative screen presence in numerous dramas and early Hollywood productions.
  • B. Herbert Rudley
    Herbert Rudley was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • C. Alfred Wills
    Alfred Wills was a 19th-century British mountaineer and judge who helped popularize Alpine climbing in England through his pioneering ascents and influential writings.
  • D. Herbert Jenkins
    Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
  • E. John Brabourne
    John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
  • 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: Herbert Richman
Triple: [Data General, foundedBy, Herbert Richman]
Generated description
Herbert Richman was a co-founder of Data General, a pioneering American minicomputer company that emerged as a significant competitor in the computer industry in the late 1960s and 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Herbert Richman
Target entity description: Herbert Richman was a co-founder of Data General, a pioneering American minicomputer company that emerged as a significant competitor in the computer industry in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • A. George Fawcett
    George Fawcett was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his authoritative screen presence in numerous dramas and early Hollywood productions.
  • B. Herbert Rudley
    Herbert Rudley was an American character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater from the 1940s through the 1970s.
  • C. Alfred Wills
    Alfred Wills was a 19th-century British mountaineer and judge who helped popularize Alpine climbing in England through his pioneering ascents and influential writings.
  • D. Herbert Jenkins
    Herbert Jenkins was a British publishing company best known for issuing popular fiction, including many works by P. G. Wodehouse.
  • E. John Brabourne
    John Brabourne was a British film and television producer, known for his adaptations of classic literature and for being the son-in-law of Lord Mountbatten.
  • 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_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd98b5651881908241b040f123c6a8 completed April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14c4033c08190a71535b63d86f4df completed April 4, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d14df56ac881909fad7241797b1829 completed April 4, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d14e7a8ca88190b38c93ff312e7333 completed April 4, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.