Triple
T2951204
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fairchild Semiconductor |
E79822
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sheldon Roberts |
E74034
|
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: Sheldon Roberts | Statement: [Fairchild Semiconductor, foundedBy, Sheldon Roberts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheldon Roberts Context triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, foundedBy, Sheldon Roberts]
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A.
Sheldon Roberts
chosen
Sheldon Roberts was an American engineer and semiconductor pioneer best known as one of the "Traitorous Eight" who left Shockley Semiconductor to found Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s modern electronics industry.
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B.
Sheldon Lane
Sheldon Lane is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lane.
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C.
Sheldon
Sheldon is a masculine given name most notably associated with American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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D.
Sheldon
Sheldon is a minor character in the 1975 crime drama film "Dog Day Afternoon."
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E.
Sheldon Cooper
Sheldon Cooper is a socially awkward, intellectually gifted theoretical physicist known for his rigid routines, literal mindset, and distinctive humor in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
- 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_69ad8b1276588190a374a0b12e0f7bdf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad98fbb7d4819081c241f3ff9165e5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b108dae9ac8190b72faf84e75a60c7 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.