Triple
T2706864
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Foxconn |
E59361
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Terry Gou
Terry Gou is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician best known as the founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer.
|
E290107
|
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: Terry Gou | Statement: [Foxconn, founder, Terry Gou]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Gou Context triple: [Foxconn, founder, Terry Gou]
-
A.
Joe Tsai
Joe Tsai is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group who owns the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.
-
B.
Morris Chang
Morris Chang is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a pioneering and globally dominant semiconductor foundry.
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C.
Tom Wu
Tom Wu is a British actor and martial artist known for his roles in action and crime films and television series.
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D.
Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of the telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies.
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E.
Steven Shih Chen
Steven Shih Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of YouTube.
- 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: Terry Gou Triple: [Foxconn, founder, Terry Gou]
Generated description
Terry Gou is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician best known as the founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Gou Target entity description: Terry Gou is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician best known as the founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer.
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A.
Joe Tsai
Joe Tsai is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group who owns the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.
-
B.
Morris Chang
Morris Chang is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a pioneering and globally dominant semiconductor foundry.
-
C.
Tom Wu
Tom Wu is a British actor and martial artist known for his roles in action and crime films and television series.
-
D.
Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as the founder and longtime leader of the telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies.
-
E.
Steven Shih Chen
Steven Shih Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of YouTube.
- 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_69ab4ac66bc88190b9e4afa5fc843f72 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abda725f24819090e8d936b3d2d5bc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afaf7c22a4819096ff9effe9e0d77d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb039cdcc8190953368c1f6757503 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb0c27ee48190a319fd2fab02f755 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.