Triple

T16709456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oaktree Capital Management E406064 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Howard Marks
Howard Marks is an American investor and writer best known as the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and for his widely followed investment memos.
E1229748 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: Howard Marks | Statement: [Oaktree Capital Management, foundedBy, Howard Marks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Marks
Context triple: [Oaktree Capital Management, foundedBy, Howard Marks]
  • A. Howard Marks
    Howard Marks was a Welsh drug smuggler turned author and counterculture icon, best known for his autobiography "Mr Nice" and his larger-than-life persona.
  • B. Seth Klarman
    Seth Klarman is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author, best known as the long-time head of Baupost Group and a leading proponent of value investing.
  • C. William Bernstein
    William Bernstein is an American film producer best known as a co-founder of the independent film studio Orion Pictures.
  • D. Michael Burry
    Michael Burry is an American investor and hedge fund manager best known for predicting and profiting from the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis.
  • E. David Meriwether
    David Meriwether was an American politician and statesman from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress in the early 19th century.
  • 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: Howard Marks
Triple: [Oaktree Capital Management, foundedBy, Howard Marks]
Generated description
Howard Marks is an American investor and writer best known as the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and for his widely followed investment memos.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Marks
Target entity description: Howard Marks is an American investor and writer best known as the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and for his widely followed investment memos.
  • A. Howard Marks
    Howard Marks was a Welsh drug smuggler turned author and counterculture icon, best known for his autobiography "Mr Nice" and his larger-than-life persona.
  • B. Seth Klarman
    Seth Klarman is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author, best known as the long-time head of Baupost Group and a leading proponent of value investing.
  • C. William Bernstein
    William Bernstein is an American film producer best known as a co-founder of the independent film studio Orion Pictures.
  • D. Michael Burry
    Michael Burry is an American investor and hedge fund manager best known for predicting and profiting from the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis.
  • E. David Meriwether
    David Meriwether was an American politician and statesman from Georgia who served in the U.S. Congress in the early 19th century.
  • 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_69d8838db21081909589220fd71440a4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e38650c3808190a561f22b169dc3ae completed April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0091a739308190b4d645e096d1710b completed May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00935ad86881908c45cdb513313a1d completed May 10, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009a0bd7f8819090fb16d88108b96d completed May 10, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.