Triple

T15934489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salt & Straw E386405 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Kim Malek
Kim Malek is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the artisanal ice cream company Salt & Straw.
 E1185133 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: Kim Malek | Statement: [Salt & Straw, foundedBy, Kim Malek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kim Malek
Context triple: [Salt & Straw, foundedBy, Kim Malek]
  • A. Maz Jobrani
    Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian and actor known for his stand-up specials, roles in film and television, and commentary on Middle Eastern and immigrant experiences.
  • B. Kevin Nazemi
    Kevin Nazemi is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the health insurance startup Oscar Health.
  • C. Ramin Toloui
    Ramin Toloui is an American economist and former global co-head of emerging markets at PIMCO who has served in senior international economic policy roles in the U.S. government.
  • D. Ramin Mazaheri
    Ramin Mazaheri is an Iranian journalist and political analyst known for his reporting and commentary on international affairs and socio-political issues.
  • E. Younes Nazarian
    Younes Nazarian was an Iranian-American businessman, philanthropist, and major benefactor of educational and cultural institutions in the United States and Israel.
  • 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: Kim Malek
Triple: [Salt & Straw, foundedBy, Kim Malek]
Generated description
Kim Malek is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the artisanal ice cream company Salt & Straw.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kim Malek
Target entity description: Kim Malek is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the artisanal ice cream company Salt & Straw.
  • A. Maz Jobrani
    Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian and actor known for his stand-up specials, roles in film and television, and commentary on Middle Eastern and immigrant experiences.
  • B. Kevin Nazemi
    Kevin Nazemi is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the health insurance startup Oscar Health.
  • C. Ramin Toloui
    Ramin Toloui is an American economist and former global co-head of emerging markets at PIMCO who has served in senior international economic policy roles in the U.S. government.
  • D. Ramin Mazaheri
    Ramin Mazaheri is an Iranian journalist and political analyst known for his reporting and commentary on international affairs and socio-political issues.
  • E. Younes Nazarian
    Younes Nazarian was an Iranian-American businessman, philanthropist, and major benefactor of educational and cultural institutions in the United States and Israel.
  • 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_69d86da750008190987eb26be3f6c118 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e156a8bbf48190ad10011e7eb0c6a9 completed April 16, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb5b514108190965e77346d8b476e completed May 9, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb677927c8190bd45e7bae5fcf1ed completed May 9, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb7468fb88190a56cf1df5bd20f63 completed May 9, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:53 a.m.