Triple
T11539742
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kindergarten Is Too Late |
E273641
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAuthorBackground |
P938
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation
Masaru Ibuka was a pioneering Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a key figure in the development of Japan’s postwar technology industry.
|
E931515
|
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: Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation | Statement: [Kindergarten Is Too Late, hasAuthorBackground, Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation Context triple: [Kindergarten Is Too Late, hasAuthorBackground, Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation]
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A.
Akio Morita
Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony who played a key role in transforming it into a global electronics and entertainment giant.
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B.
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Fusajiro Yamauchi was a Japanese entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that would evolve into the global video game giant Nintendo.
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C.
Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and investor, best known as the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group and for his influential role in global technology investing.
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D.
Mikihiro Iwata
Mikihiro Iwata is a Japanese anime industry figure best known as the founder of the animation studio A-1 Pictures.
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E.
Konosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic and built it into one of the world’s leading electronics companies.
- 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: Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation Triple: [Kindergarten Is Too Late, hasAuthorBackground, Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation]
Generated description
Masaru Ibuka was a pioneering Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a key figure in the development of Japan’s postwar technology industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masaru Ibuka was co-founder of Sony Corporation Target entity description: Masaru Ibuka was a pioneering Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a key figure in the development of Japan’s postwar technology industry.
-
A.
Akio Morita
Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony who played a key role in transforming it into a global electronics and entertainment giant.
-
B.
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Fusajiro Yamauchi was a Japanese entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that would evolve into the global video game giant Nintendo.
-
C.
Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and investor, best known as the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group and for his influential role in global technology investing.
-
D.
Mikihiro Iwata
Mikihiro Iwata is a Japanese anime industry figure best known as the founder of the animation studio A-1 Pictures.
-
E.
Konosuke Matsushita
Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic and built it into one of the world’s leading electronics companies.
- 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_69d6aae3fbec8190a14632a5df2538b6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d886deed5c81908e5c38156064f882 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e685ab77908190ac5d59cf2b8c96bf |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e68fd8210c8190a7b0bbd8a50ff6b1 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e69f12cfcc8190a06e0922c9faa49e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.