Triple

T2807951
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Activision Publishing E54098 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Bob Whitehead
Bob Whitehead is a pioneering video game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-founders of Activision and an influential early developer for the Atari 2600.
E303338 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: Bob Whitehead | Statement: [Activision Publishing, foundedBy, Bob Whitehead]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Whitehead
Context triple: [Activision Publishing, foundedBy, Bob Whitehead]
  • A. Howard White
    Howard White is a longtime Nike executive and influential basketball marketing figure who played a key role in the company’s relationship with Michael Jordan.
  • B. Cal Henderson
    Cal Henderson is a British software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CTO of the workplace communication platform Slack.
  • C. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • D. Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton was an American actor best known for his lanky, affable screen presence in 1960s comedies and for playing the title role in the TV series "Ellery Queen."
  • E. Frank Richard Wells
    Frank Richard Wells was a son of the famed English writer H. G. Wells.
  • 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: Bob Whitehead
Triple: [Activision Publishing, foundedBy, Bob Whitehead]
Generated description
Bob Whitehead is a pioneering video game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-founders of Activision and an influential early developer for the Atari 2600.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Whitehead
Target entity description: Bob Whitehead is a pioneering video game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-founders of Activision and an influential early developer for the Atari 2600.
  • A. Howard White
    Howard White is a longtime Nike executive and influential basketball marketing figure who played a key role in the company’s relationship with Michael Jordan.
  • B. Cal Henderson
    Cal Henderson is a British software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CTO of the workplace communication platform Slack.
  • C. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • D. Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton was an American actor best known for his lanky, affable screen presence in 1960s comedies and for playing the title role in the TV series "Ellery Queen."
  • E. Frank Richard Wells
    Frank Richard Wells was a son of the famed English writer H. G. Wells.
  • 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_69ab49dcee188190b5c6eca9ae9e3469 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde2fdcf88190a52e515c166ea8f7 completed March 7, 2026, 8:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe8aa2bac8190b3c310c7b0e60c75 completed March 10, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afe8f6a8dc8190b7caae39936fb9e2 completed March 10, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b003b97648819088f279f179286849 completed March 10, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.