Triple
T1185981
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter Thiel |
E25246
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thiel
Thiel is the surname of Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
|
E135771
|
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: Thiel | Statement: [Peter Thiel, familyName, Thiel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiel Context triple: [Peter Thiel, familyName, Thiel]
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A.
Denison
Denison is a city in north Texas known for its railroad heritage and as the birthplace of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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B.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university in Chicago known for its strong engineering, architecture, and technology programs.
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C.
Carnegie
Carnegie is a Scottish surname most famously associated with industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Guth
Guth is the surname of Alan Guth, an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation in the early universe.
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E.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
- 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: Thiel Triple: [Peter Thiel, familyName, Thiel]
Generated description
Thiel is the surname of Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiel Target entity description: Thiel is the surname of Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
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A.
Denison
Denison is a city in north Texas known for its railroad heritage and as the birthplace of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
-
B.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university in Chicago known for its strong engineering, architecture, and technology programs.
-
C.
Carnegie
Carnegie is a Scottish surname most famously associated with industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
-
D.
Guth
Guth is the surname of Alan Guth, an American theoretical physicist best known for proposing the theory of cosmic inflation in the early universe.
-
E.
Rice University
Rice University is a private research university in Houston, Texas, known for its strong programs in science and engineering, small student body, and high level of research activity.
- 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd53e4b48190abb2167f8074a6bc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac6f239a288190ae488d11cff8ebf2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac6fea11408190b84d9fc54d4c4917 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac70592c5c8190a1f86378ec5f70a9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.