Triple
T17291324
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Musical.ly |
E419790
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alex Zhu
Alex Zhu is a Chinese entrepreneur and product designer best known for co-founding the short-form video app Musical.ly, which later became part of TikTok.
|
E1260858
|
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: Alex Zhu | Statement: [Musical.ly, founder, Alex Zhu]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Zhu Context triple: [Musical.ly, founder, Alex Zhu]
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A.
James Zhou
James Zhou is a Chinese businessman best known as the owner and chairman of French football club AJ Auxerre.
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B.
Daniel Zhang
Daniel Zhang is a Chinese business executive best known for leading Alibaba Group through a major period of global expansion and for creating the Singles’ Day shopping festival.
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C.
Steven Zhang
Steven Zhang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as the president of Italian football club Inter Milan.
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D.
William Li
William Li is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of the electric vehicle company NIO.
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E.
Ian Chen
Ian Chen is a Taiwanese-American child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Fresh Off the Boat" and the superhero film "Shazam!".
- 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: Alex Zhu Triple: [Musical.ly, founder, Alex Zhu]
Generated description
Alex Zhu is a Chinese entrepreneur and product designer best known for co-founding the short-form video app Musical.ly, which later became part of TikTok.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Zhu Target entity description: Alex Zhu is a Chinese entrepreneur and product designer best known for co-founding the short-form video app Musical.ly, which later became part of TikTok.
-
A.
James Zhou
James Zhou is a Chinese businessman best known as the owner and chairman of French football club AJ Auxerre.
-
B.
Daniel Zhang
Daniel Zhang is a Chinese business executive best known for leading Alibaba Group through a major period of global expansion and for creating the Singles’ Day shopping festival.
-
C.
Steven Zhang
Steven Zhang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as the president of Italian football club Inter Milan.
-
D.
William Li
William Li is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of the electric vehicle company NIO.
-
E.
Ian Chen
Ian Chen is a Taiwanese-American child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Fresh Off the Boat" and the superhero film "Shazam!".
- 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e437837d048190949b947f5437636d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a017959ffb0819099d70ed1541158ee |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a017c9e99888190a99e3910c46d90c5 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a017d340b988190a468753604150bd3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.