Triple

T1300830
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject IEEE Founders Medal E27758 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)
Hewlett-Packard founders William R. Hewlett and David Packard were pioneering American engineers and entrepreneurs who co-founded the technology company Hewlett-Packard, helping to establish Silicon Valley as a global center of innovation.
 E149549 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: Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard) | Statement: [IEEE Founders Medal, notableRecipient, Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)
Context triple: [IEEE Founders Medal, notableRecipient, Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)]
  • A. David Packard
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • B. Bill Hewlett
    Bill Hewlett was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP).
  • 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.
  • D. Mike Markkula
    Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • 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: Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)
Triple: [IEEE Founders Medal, notableRecipient, Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)]
Generated description
Hewlett-Packard founders William R. Hewlett and David Packard were pioneering American engineers and entrepreneurs who co-founded the technology company Hewlett-Packard, helping to establish Silicon Valley as a global center of innovation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard)
Target entity description: Hewlett-Packard founders William R. Hewlett and David Packard were pioneering American engineers and entrepreneurs who co-founded the technology company Hewlett-Packard, helping to establish Silicon Valley as a global center of innovation.
  • A. David Packard chosen
    David Packard was an American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, and influential philanthropist and public servant.
  • B. Bill Hewlett
    Bill Hewlett was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP).
  • 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.
  • D. Mike Markkula
    Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.
  • E. Robert N. Noyce
    Robert N. Noyce was an American physicist, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, and co-founder of Intel Corporation, often called the "Mayor of Silicon Valley" for his pivotal role in the semiconductor industry.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1145c2481908adf22dfd6ce349b completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acb30292dc8190a33fd62c997c3f1b completed March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acb42dd7488190935d289907e5ed91 completed March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acb48a873081909a9d4d27ed8b7a7a completed March 7, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.