Triple

T1884998
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Borland E39942 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Tod Nielsen
Tod Nielsen is a technology executive known for senior leadership roles at major software companies, including serving as a top executive at Borland and later at firms like Salesforce and Heroku.
 E221190 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: Tod Nielsen | Statement: [Borland, keyPerson, Tod Nielsen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tod Nielsen
Context triple: [Borland, keyPerson, Tod Nielsen]
  • A. Christopher Lennertz
    Christopher Lennertz is an American composer best known for his film, television, and video game scores, including work on major comedies, action films, and popular series like Supernatural.
  • B. Mike Gunton
    Mike Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on landmark BBC natural history documentaries.
  • C. Rick Sorenson
    Rick Sorenson is known as the former husband of acclaimed American singer-songwriter Carole King.
  • D. Michael Nylander
    Michael Nylander is a Swedish former professional ice hockey center who played over 900 NHL games and was known for his playmaking skills with teams such as the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals.
  • E. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • 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: Tod Nielsen
Triple: [Borland, keyPerson, Tod Nielsen]
Generated description
Tod Nielsen is a technology executive known for senior leadership roles at major software companies, including serving as a top executive at Borland and later at firms like Salesforce and Heroku.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tod Nielsen
Target entity description: Tod Nielsen is a technology executive known for senior leadership roles at major software companies, including serving as a top executive at Borland and later at firms like Salesforce and Heroku.
  • A. Christopher Lennertz
    Christopher Lennertz is an American composer best known for his film, television, and video game scores, including work on major comedies, action films, and popular series like Supernatural.
  • B. Mike Gunton
    Mike Gunton is a British television producer best known for his work on landmark BBC natural history documentaries.
  • C. Rick Sorenson
    Rick Sorenson is known as the former husband of acclaimed American singer-songwriter Carole King.
  • D. Michael Nylander
    Michael Nylander is a Swedish former professional ice hockey center who played over 900 NHL games and was known for his playmaking skills with teams such as the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals.
  • E. Jack Briggs
    Jack Briggs was an American actor best known for his marriage to Hollywood star Ginger Rogers.
  • 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb11eb2d0819088d67b1cfc772049 completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae030bfbcc8190842a2bc69afb0db2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03647d5881908c5952dd3e2015a7 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae03f3611c8190b1cb90c9e59429cc completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.