Triple

T2409038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Transmeta E50342 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Doug Laird
Doug Laird is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the innovative microprocessor company Transmeta.
E267279 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: Doug Laird | Statement: [Transmeta, foundedBy, Doug Laird]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Laird
Context triple: [Transmeta, foundedBy, Doug Laird]
  • A. David Loughery
    David Loughery is an American screenwriter and producer known for writing thrillers and genre films such as "Passenger 57," "Lakeview Terrace," and "Obsessed."
  • B. Jeff Nelson
    Jeff Nelson is a Major League Baseball umpire who has served in numerous postseason games, including as a crew chief in the World Series.
  • C. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • D. Al McWhiggin
    Al McWhiggin is the greedy toy collector and antagonist in Pixar's animated film "Toy Story 2," known for stealing Woody to complete a valuable toy set.
  • E. Phil Johnston
    Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
  • 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: Doug Laird
Triple: [Transmeta, foundedBy, Doug Laird]
Generated description
Doug Laird is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the innovative microprocessor company Transmeta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Laird
Target entity description: Doug Laird is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the innovative microprocessor company Transmeta.
  • A. David Loughery
    David Loughery is an American screenwriter and producer known for writing thrillers and genre films such as "Passenger 57," "Lakeview Terrace," and "Obsessed."
  • B. Jeff Nelson
    Jeff Nelson is a Major League Baseball umpire who has served in numerous postseason games, including as a crew chief in the World Series.
  • C. Douglas Kirk
    Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
  • D. Al McWhiggin
    Al McWhiggin is the greedy toy collector and antagonist in Pixar's animated film "Toy Story 2," known for stealing Woody to complete a valuable toy set.
  • E. Phil Johnston
    Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
  • 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc925c6e481909bfd45b361d21963 completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aef09b92048190acfa3a85417f259c completed March 9, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aef521b5048190aac3507ad20c6eee completed March 9, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aef6450a1c8190ad5a844b31bff220 completed March 9, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.