Triple
T1622433
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Silver Lake Partners |
E35061
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and an early investor in major technology companies.
|
E186346
|
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: Roger McNamee | Statement: [Silver Lake Partners, foundedBy, Roger McNamee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger McNamee Context triple: [Silver Lake Partners, foundedBy, Roger McNamee]
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A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
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B.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
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C.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
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D.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
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E.
Michael Arrington
Michael Arrington is an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and influential tech blogger best known as the founder of the technology news site TechCrunch.
- 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: Roger McNamee Triple: [Silver Lake Partners, foundedBy, Roger McNamee]
Generated description
Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and an early investor in major technology companies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roger McNamee Target entity description: Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and an early investor in major technology companies.
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A.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
-
B.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
-
C.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
-
D.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of LinkedIn, known for his influential role in the tech industry and philanthropy.
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E.
Michael Arrington
Michael Arrington is an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and influential tech blogger best known as the founder of the technology news site TechCrunch.
- 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_69a886023194819080a3fccd6e325d0e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909cf3c7481909ddbe6a6596bb0c8 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad6092fdd0819099bde0004de869c4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad6124c5f481909427535ec1db38fc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad61ec8ce081908340301a6f45f5b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.