Triple

T13625081
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aurora Innovation E325557 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Sterling Anderson
Sterling Anderson is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation and for his prior leadership roles in autonomous vehicle development.
 E1056539 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: Sterling Anderson | Statement: [Aurora Innovation, foundedBy, Sterling Anderson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling Anderson
Context triple: [Aurora Innovation, foundedBy, Sterling Anderson]
  • A. Andrew Gant
    Andrew Gant is a British composer, singer, author, and academic known for his work in choral music and his writings on the history of English church music and carols.
  • B. Darryl Hickman
    Darryl Hickman is an American former child actor and film and television performer known for roles in classic Hollywood films and later work as a television executive and acting coach.
  • C. Sean Anderson
    Sean Anderson is a writer associated with the group or publication known as Clique.
  • D. Darren Robinson
    Darren Robinson is a writer known for his work on the project or publication titled "Uproar."
  • E. Phil Brommell
    Phil Brommell is a fictional character from the television crime drama series "The District."
  • 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: Sterling Anderson
Triple: [Aurora Innovation, foundedBy, Sterling Anderson]
Generated description
Sterling Anderson is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation and for his prior leadership roles in autonomous vehicle development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling Anderson
Target entity description: Sterling Anderson is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation and for his prior leadership roles in autonomous vehicle development.
  • A. Andrew Gant
    Andrew Gant is a British composer, singer, author, and academic known for his work in choral music and his writings on the history of English church music and carols.
  • B. Darryl Hickman
    Darryl Hickman is an American former child actor and film and television performer known for roles in classic Hollywood films and later work as a television executive and acting coach.
  • C. Sean Anderson
    Sean Anderson is a writer associated with the group or publication known as Clique.
  • D. Darren Robinson
    Darren Robinson is a writer known for his work on the project or publication titled "Uproar."
  • E. Phil Brommell
    Phil Brommell is a fictional character from the television crime drama series "The District."
  • 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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbbe9c72c88190be3d7a3f2e96afbc completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d41d1108190be5193b246845f07 completed May 3, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f79e1a90408190936cb71e567e10aa completed May 3, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f79ee74ea48190a4c753b12bb9190e completed May 3, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.