Triple

T1273272
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Satya Nadella E15756 entity
Predicate predecessorAsChairman P97 FINISHED
Object John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
E311568 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: John W. Thompson | Statement: [Satya Nadella, predecessorAsChairman, John W. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Thompson
Context triple: [Satya Nadella, predecessorAsChairman, John W. Thompson]
  • A. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • B. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • E. John B. McDonald
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • 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: John W. Thompson
Triple: [Satya Nadella, predecessorAsChairman, John W. Thompson]
Generated description
John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Thompson
Target entity description: John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • A. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • B. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • E. John B. McDonald
    John B. McDonald was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of New York City's first subway system.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorAsChairman
Context triple: [Satya Nadella, predecessorAsChairman, John W. Thompson]
  • A. predecessorCEO
    Indicates that one person previously held the position of CEO before another specific person.
  • B. predecessorName
    Indicates that the value is the name of an entity that directly precedes another in an ordered sequence or lineage.
  • C. hasFormerChairperson
    Indicates that an entity previously held the role of chairperson of another entity, but no longer occupies that position.
  • D. predecessor chosen
    Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
  • E. predecessorSpeech
    Indicates that one speech event directly precedes another in sequence or order.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c31602b8819087a57e8d390cae7a completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b085ebb1e481909c27fa8a8e2ee1c6 completed March 10, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0b1bd4f7481908a8efd90f2835b6f completed March 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0b260bed4819080a0547d065d162f completed March 11, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bee0be808190a8ccac6a41851fdd completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.