Triple
T18172917
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Napster |
E435076
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shawn Fanning |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Shawn Fanning | Statement: [Napster, founder, Shawn Fanning]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Fanning Context triple: [Napster, founder, Shawn Fanning]
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A.
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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B.
Steve Perlman
Steve Perlman is an American entrepreneur and inventor best known for founding multiple pioneering technology companies in digital media and cloud computing.
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C.
Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim is a German-American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of YouTube and the uploader of its first video.
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D.
Simon Rosedale
Simon Rosedale is a wealthy, socially ambitious Jewish businessman in Edith Wharton’s novel "The House of Mirth," known for his shrewdness and complex relationship with Lily Bart.
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E.
Pat Proft
Pat Proft is an American comedy writer and screenwriter best known for his work on spoof film franchises such as The Naked Gun and Police Academy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn Fanning Target entity description: Shawn Fanning is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur best known for creating the pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, which revolutionized digital music distribution in the late 1990s.
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A.
Drew Houston
Drew Houston is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of the cloud storage company Dropbox.
-
B.
Steve Perlman
Steve Perlman is an American entrepreneur and inventor best known for founding multiple pioneering technology companies in digital media and cloud computing.
-
C.
Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim is a German-American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of YouTube and the uploader of its first video.
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D.
Simon Rosedale
Simon Rosedale is a wealthy, socially ambitious Jewish businessman in Edith Wharton’s novel "The House of Mirth," known for his shrewdness and complex relationship with Lily Bart.
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E.
Pat Proft
Pat Proft is an American comedy writer and screenwriter best known for his work on spoof film franchises such as The Naked Gun and Police Academy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4df56d0a88190af3f407d2a3bb74f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.