Triple

T12325508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thoma Bravo E293819 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Carl Thoma
Carl Thoma is an American private equity investor best known as a pioneering figure in software and technology buyouts and a co-founder of the investment firm Thoma Bravo.
E979666 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: Carl Thoma | Statement: [Thoma Bravo, foundedBy, Carl Thoma]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Thoma
Context triple: [Thoma Bravo, foundedBy, Carl Thoma]
  • A. Carlos Holzwarth
    Carlos Holzwarth was an art instructor and mentor known for teaching and influencing painter Armin Hansen.
  • B. Gustav Kleikamp
    Gustav Kleikamp was a German naval officer and rear admiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, known for commanding forces in the opening attack on Poland.
  • C. Carl Petersen
    Carl Petersen was a prominent Danish architect associated with the Nordic Classicism movement, known for blending classical forms with modern sensibilities in early 20th-century Scandinavian architecture.
  • D. Carl Graebe
    Carl Graebe was a German organic chemist best known for co-discovering the synthesis of the dye alizarin, which helped launch the synthetic dye industry.
  • E. Karl Struss
    Karl Struss was an influential American cinematographer and photographer known for his innovative visual style in early Hollywood cinema, including work on landmark films such as "The Great Dictator."
  • 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: Carl Thoma
Triple: [Thoma Bravo, foundedBy, Carl Thoma]
Generated description
Carl Thoma is an American private equity investor best known as a pioneering figure in software and technology buyouts and a co-founder of the investment firm Thoma Bravo.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carl Thoma
Target entity description: Carl Thoma is an American private equity investor best known as a pioneering figure in software and technology buyouts and a co-founder of the investment firm Thoma Bravo.
  • A. Carlos Holzwarth
    Carlos Holzwarth was an art instructor and mentor known for teaching and influencing painter Armin Hansen.
  • B. Gustav Kleikamp
    Gustav Kleikamp was a German naval officer and rear admiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, known for commanding forces in the opening attack on Poland.
  • C. Carl Petersen
    Carl Petersen was a prominent Danish architect associated with the Nordic Classicism movement, known for blending classical forms with modern sensibilities in early 20th-century Scandinavian architecture.
  • D. Carl Graebe
    Carl Graebe was a German organic chemist best known for co-discovering the synthesis of the dye alizarin, which helped launch the synthetic dye industry.
  • E. Karl Struss
    Karl Struss was an influential American cinematographer and photographer known for his innovative visual style in early Hollywood cinema, including work on landmark films such as "The Great Dictator."
  • 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_69d6ab6ae0dc8190b1522a9c1c55c114 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f4e7e588190b37e2413bc649198 completed April 10, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62a9f708081908c052333c3b7df4c completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be420308190bcb00d8b37b09ea2 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63050f5d48190881688d12c4c1819 completed May 2, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.