Triple
T11016496
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sun Microsystems |
E260378
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Vinod Khosla |
E70715
|
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: Vinod Khosla | Statement: [Sun Microsystems, foundedBy, Vinod Khosla]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vinod Khosla Context triple: [Sun Microsystems, foundedBy, Vinod Khosla]
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A.
Vinod Khosla
chosen
Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American engineer, billionaire venture capitalist, and co-founder of Sun Microsystems known for his influential role in Silicon Valley and early-stage technology investing.
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B.
John Doerr
John Doerr is a prominent American venture capitalist and early investor in major technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
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C.
Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.
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D.
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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E.
Steve Levine
Steve Levine is a British record producer best known for his work in the 1980s with artists such as Culture Club and The Beach Boys.
- 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_69d6aa9687448190b28d353b1b6a610e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d797a682908190b061d1995e2866b6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e374d371ec8190aba9e77346c6e876 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.