Triple

T14422188
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject FamilyTreeDNA E357610 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Max Blankfeld
Max Blankfeld is an entrepreneur and executive best known as a co-founder and leader of the genetic genealogy company FamilyTreeDNA.
E1102433 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: Max Blankfeld | Statement: [FamilyTreeDNA, foundedBy, Max Blankfeld]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Blankfeld
Context triple: [FamilyTreeDNA, foundedBy, Max Blankfeld]
  • A. Michael Wittenberg
    Michael Wittenberg was an investment adviser best known as the late husband of Broadway star Bernadette Peters.
  • B. Charles Bluhdorn
    Charles Bluhdorn was an Austrian-born American industrialist best known for building the conglomerate Gulf+Western into a major force in entertainment and manufacturing during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Jerry Speyer
    Jerry Speyer is an American real estate developer and businessman best known as the co-founder and chairman of global property firm Tishman Speyer.
  • D. James Tisch
    James Tisch is an American businessman best known as a longtime leader of Loews Corporation, a diversified holding company founded by his family.
  • E. Andrew Rubenstein
    Andrew Rubenstein is one of the children of billionaire financier and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
  • 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: Max Blankfeld
Triple: [FamilyTreeDNA, foundedBy, Max Blankfeld]
Generated description
Max Blankfeld is an entrepreneur and executive best known as a co-founder and leader of the genetic genealogy company FamilyTreeDNA.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Blankfeld
Target entity description: Max Blankfeld is an entrepreneur and executive best known as a co-founder and leader of the genetic genealogy company FamilyTreeDNA.
  • A. Michael Wittenberg
    Michael Wittenberg was an investment adviser best known as the late husband of Broadway star Bernadette Peters.
  • B. Charles Bluhdorn
    Charles Bluhdorn was an Austrian-born American industrialist best known for building the conglomerate Gulf+Western into a major force in entertainment and manufacturing during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Jerry Speyer
    Jerry Speyer is an American real estate developer and businessman best known as the co-founder and chairman of global property firm Tishman Speyer.
  • D. James Tisch
    James Tisch is an American businessman best known as a longtime leader of Loews Corporation, a diversified holding company founded by his family.
  • E. Andrew Rubenstein
    Andrew Rubenstein is one of the children of billionaire financier and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
  • 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_69d82793421c8190861eb0e673b085de completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de91102c3c81908f571a1fff3bdd47 completed April 14, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd6d82f9ec81909e52485f6ec1837e completed May 8, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd6eecf1988190809096c01b82346d completed May 8, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd6fadf9b0819086ef8ffec340d7c6 completed May 8, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.