Triple
T1976677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alibaba Group |
E42930
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Simon Xie |
E108292
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Simon Xie | Statement: [Alibaba Group, foundedBy, Simon Xie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Xie Context triple: [Alibaba Group, foundedBy, Simon Xie]
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A.
Simon Xie
chosen
Simon Xie is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Alibaba Group.
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B.
Steven Shih Chen
Steven Shih Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of YouTube.
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C.
Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen is a prominent materials scientist and nanotechnology researcher who serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Nano.
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D.
Kenneth Hsu
Kenneth Hsu is a Swiss geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on marine geology and the Messinian salinity crisis.
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E.
Younan Xia
Younan Xia is a prominent chemist and materials scientist known for his pioneering work in nanomaterials synthesis and nanotechnology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8871289048190b00b0d7744b7b2b1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3f9a87c8190816db3888787ad76 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0327600c8190adb057b596a84bca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.