Triple
T10156387
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Applied Materials |
E233786
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael A. McNeilly
Michael A. McNeilly is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials.
|
E922511
|
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: Michael A. McNeilly | Statement: [Applied Materials, foundedBy, Michael A. McNeilly]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael A. McNeilly Context triple: [Applied Materials, foundedBy, Michael A. McNeilly]
-
A.
Michael J. Weithorn
Michael J. Weithorn is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and working on several sitcoms, including "Ned and Stacey" and "The King of Queens."
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B.
David E. Talbert
David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
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C.
Roland A. Madden
Roland A. Madden is an atmospheric scientist best known for co-identifying the Madden–Julian Oscillation, a major pattern of tropical intraseasonal climate variability.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
Michael G. Moye
Michael G. Moye is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking Fox sitcom "Married... with Children."
- 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: Michael A. McNeilly Triple: [Applied Materials, foundedBy, Michael A. McNeilly]
Generated description
Michael A. McNeilly is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael A. McNeilly Target entity description: Michael A. McNeilly is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials.
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A.
Michael J. Weithorn
Michael J. Weithorn is an American television writer and producer best known for creating and working on several sitcoms, including "Ned and Stacey" and "The King of Queens."
-
B.
David E. Talbert
David E. Talbert is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his romantic comedies and stage-to-screen adaptations.
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C.
Roland A. Madden
Roland A. Madden is an atmospheric scientist best known for co-identifying the Madden–Julian Oscillation, a major pattern of tropical intraseasonal climate variability.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
-
E.
Michael G. Moye
Michael G. Moye is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking Fox sitcom "Married... with Children."
- 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdec3c47dc81909679903e6024eb49 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58a50d0748190a429af33cdced80a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e59323c5948190bc2c9512f7b0a54f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e599c53704819097c0fdbbfbbb1e87 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.