Triple
T1634958
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Slack |
E35339
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Eric Costello
Eric Costello is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the workplace communication platform Slack.
|
E187112
|
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: Eric Costello | Statement: [Slack, founder, Eric Costello]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Costello Context triple: [Slack, founder, Eric Costello]
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A.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
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B.
Ray Collins
Ray Collins was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic films and radio, including his appearance in Orson Welles’s landmark film "Citizen Kane."
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C.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
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D.
Bill Carrigan
Bill Carrigan was an American Major League Baseball catcher and manager best known for leading the Boston Red Sox to multiple World Series championships in the 1910s.
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E.
Tony James
Tony James is an American financier and executive best known as the longtime president and chief operating officer of Blackstone and for his leadership roles at major cultural institutions.
- 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: Eric Costello Triple: [Slack, founder, Eric Costello]
Generated description
Eric Costello is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the workplace communication platform Slack.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Costello Target entity description: Eric Costello is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the workplace communication platform Slack.
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A.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
-
B.
Ray Collins
Ray Collins was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic films and radio, including his appearance in Orson Welles’s landmark film "Citizen Kane."
-
C.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
-
D.
Bill Carrigan
Bill Carrigan was an American Major League Baseball catcher and manager best known for leading the Boston Red Sox to multiple World Series championships in the 1910s.
-
E.
Tony James
Tony James is an American financier and executive best known as the longtime president and chief operating officer of Blackstone and for his leadership roles at major cultural institutions.
- 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_69ad6815c4588190bccfbece8f22c1a1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad686f4a0c819091f99800d6618ecb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad68f00e8c8190b2cbf3d921dce5a8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.