Triple

T13425296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Twilio E313463 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Wolthuis
John Wolthuis is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the cloud communications platform company Twilio.
E1038752 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: John Wolthuis | Statement: [Twilio, foundedBy, John Wolthuis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wolthuis
Context triple: [Twilio, foundedBy, John Wolthuis]
  • A. Robert Gribbroek
    Robert Gribbroek was an American animation layout artist and background designer best known for his work on Warner Bros. cartoons during the Golden Age of American animation.
  • B. Jan T. Kleyna
    Jan T. Kleyna is an astronomer known for discovering outer irregular moons of Jupiter, including Taygete.
  • C. Albert Wessels
    Albert Wessels was a South African businessman best known for founding Toyota South Africa and helping establish the brand’s presence in the country.
  • D. John Verhoogen
    John Verhoogen was a prominent 20th-century geophysicist known for his influential work on the thermal and dynamic evolution of the Earth’s interior.
  • E. Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
    Gerrit J. Dimmendaal is a linguist known for his extensive work on African languages, particularly in historical-comparative linguistics and language classification.
  • 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 Wolthuis
Triple: [Twilio, foundedBy, John Wolthuis]
Generated description
John Wolthuis is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the cloud communications platform company Twilio.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wolthuis
Target entity description: John Wolthuis is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the cloud communications platform company Twilio.
  • A. Robert Gribbroek
    Robert Gribbroek was an American animation layout artist and background designer best known for his work on Warner Bros. cartoons during the Golden Age of American animation.
  • B. Jan T. Kleyna
    Jan T. Kleyna is an astronomer known for discovering outer irregular moons of Jupiter, including Taygete.
  • C. Albert Wessels
    Albert Wessels was a South African businessman best known for founding Toyota South Africa and helping establish the brand’s presence in the country.
  • D. John Verhoogen
    John Verhoogen was a prominent 20th-century geophysicist known for his influential work on the thermal and dynamic evolution of the Earth’s interior.
  • E. Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
    Gerrit J. Dimmendaal is a linguist known for his extensive work on African languages, particularly in historical-comparative linguistics and language classification.
  • 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_69d806ad0c44819088833ae1ec9e9690 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaed066408190a416880affd8416e completed April 12, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7308673488190a64f4b205899605b completed May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7316101e48190b3ec59a4376a0562 completed May 3, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f731f8e98c8190becfad8e3a371484 completed May 3, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:40 p.m.