Triple

T17332097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fred Wilson E420840 entity
Predicate previouslyPartnerAt P64950 FINISHED
Object Flatiron Partners
Flatiron Partners was a prominent New York–based venture capital firm active in the 1990s tech and internet boom.
E1262841 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Flatiron Partners | Statement: [Fred Wilson, previouslyPartnerAt, Flatiron Partners]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flatiron Partners
Context triple: [Fred Wilson, previouslyPartnerAt, Flatiron Partners]
  • A. Blair Partners
    Blair Partners is an architectural firm known for designing the Milton Keynes Theatre in Milton Keynes, England.
  • B. Guggenheim Partners
    Guggenheim Partners is a global financial services firm specializing in investment management, investment banking, and insurance services for institutional and individual clients.
  • C. Roark Capital Group
    Roark Capital Group is a private equity firm known for investing in and building large multi-brand restaurant and consumer service companies.
  • D. Berkshire Partners
    Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm known for investing in and acquiring middle-market companies across a range of industries.
  • E. Madison Dearborn Partners
    Madison Dearborn Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm known for investing in a wide range of industries, including financial services, communications, and healthcare.
  • 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: Flatiron Partners
Triple: [Fred Wilson, previouslyPartnerAt, Flatiron Partners]
Generated description
Flatiron Partners was a prominent New York–based venture capital firm active in the 1990s tech and internet boom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flatiron Partners
Target entity description: Flatiron Partners was a prominent New York–based venture capital firm active in the 1990s tech and internet boom.
  • A. Blair Partners
    Blair Partners is an architectural firm known for designing the Milton Keynes Theatre in Milton Keynes, England.
  • B. Guggenheim Partners
    Guggenheim Partners is a global financial services firm specializing in investment management, investment banking, and insurance services for institutional and individual clients.
  • C. Roark Capital Group
    Roark Capital Group is a private equity firm known for investing in and building large multi-brand restaurant and consumer service companies.
  • D. Berkshire Partners
    Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm known for investing in and acquiring middle-market companies across a range of industries.
  • E. Madison Dearborn Partners
    Madison Dearborn Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm known for investing in a wide range of industries, including financial services, communications, and healthcare.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: previouslyPartnerAt
Context triple: [Fred Wilson, previouslyPartnerAt, Flatiron Partners]
  • A. formerPartner
    Indicates that one entity was previously in a romantic or partnership relationship with another entity, but that relationship has since ended.
  • B. associatedCompanyFormerlyIndependent
    Indicates that the associated company was once an independent entity before becoming linked to or integrated with another organization.
  • C. previousCorporateAffiliation chosen
    Indicates that an entity was formerly employed by, associated with, or part of a specified corporate organization before its current status or affiliation.
  • D. formerPartnerClub
    Indicates that a club previously had a partnership or formal association with another club, but that relationship has since ended.
  • E. formerEmployer
    Indicates that one entity previously employed the other but no longer does so.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d889d3adc881909319f1edb8d2a956 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e439d6870c8190989897aa6beba8ff completed April 19, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a018c5025d08190ab2581a3b04ae661 completed May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a018e85c91081909a6944ff136e8f50 completed May 11, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a018f7ebf548190b407ebeacbd4d327 completed May 11, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3b021a5bc81909ae55406f9d0b37f completed April 18, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.