Triple
T1634957
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Slack |
E35339
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known for co-founding the photo-sharing site Flickr and later creating the workplace communication platform Slack.
|
E185473
|
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: Stewart Butterfield | Statement: [Slack, founder, Stewart Butterfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stewart Butterfield Context triple: [Slack, founder, Stewart Butterfield]
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A.
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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B.
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
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C.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
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D.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
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E.
Scott Belsky
Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor best known as the co-founder of the creative platform Behance and as a longtime product leader at Adobe.
- 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: Stewart Butterfield Triple: [Slack, founder, Stewart Butterfield]
Generated description
Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known for co-founding the photo-sharing site Flickr and later creating the workplace communication platform Slack.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stewart Butterfield Target entity description: Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur best known for co-founding the photo-sharing site Flickr and later creating the workplace communication platform Slack.
-
A.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
-
B.
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
-
C.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
-
D.
Biz Stone
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as one of the co-founders of Twitter and a prominent figure in the social media industry.
-
E.
Scott Belsky
Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author, and investor best known as the co-founder of the creative platform Behance and as a longtime product leader at Adobe.
- 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a1679408190a9faa7b22c388c4b |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad6099979481908e2c506323d546dd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad6111fcc8819086923966b485c592 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad619f842c8190936b659b30d6aa10 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.