Triple
T146225
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | PayPal |
E3336
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
|
E79548
|
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: Ken Howery | Statement: [PayPal, foundedBy, Ken Howery]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Howery Context triple: [PayPal, foundedBy, Ken Howery]
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A.
Kevin Yagher
Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
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B.
Curtis Howe Springer
Curtis Howe Springer was a controversial American radio evangelist and self-styled medical doctor best known for founding the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa in the California desert.
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C.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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D.
Patrick Dodson
Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
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E.
Sam Wheeler
Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
- 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: Ken Howery Triple: [PayPal, foundedBy, Ken Howery]
Generated description
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Howery Target entity description: Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
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A.
Kevin Yagher
Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
-
B.
Curtis Howe Springer
Curtis Howe Springer was a controversial American radio evangelist and self-styled medical doctor best known for founding the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa in the California desert.
-
C.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
-
D.
Patrick Dodson
Patrick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, activist, and politician widely regarded as the "father of reconciliation" for his work advancing Indigenous rights and social justice.
-
E.
Sam Wheeler
Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
- 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a257ea7eac8190884a53453a9e0dd6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a56ee8472081908f3d3bed26a40aca |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5714659dc8190aac2b41e4e149997 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a571a98c208190872831a707419dc3 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.