Triple
T3458279
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Liberty Global |
E72959
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John C. Malone
John C. Malone is an American billionaire businessman and influential media and telecommunications investor often dubbed the "Cable Cowboy" for building a vast cable and broadband empire.
|
E359842
|
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: John C. Malone | Statement: [Liberty Global, foundedBy, John C. Malone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Malone Context triple: [Liberty Global, foundedBy, John C. Malone]
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A.
Howard Lutnick
Howard Lutnick is an American businessman best known as the longtime chairman and CEO who rebuilt the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald after the September 11 attacks.
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B.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
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C.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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D.
Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
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E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- 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: John C. Malone Triple: [Liberty Global, foundedBy, John C. Malone]
Generated description
John C. Malone is an American billionaire businessman and influential media and telecommunications investor often dubbed the "Cable Cowboy" for building a vast cable and broadband empire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Malone Target entity description: John C. Malone is an American billionaire businessman and influential media and telecommunications investor often dubbed the "Cable Cowboy" for building a vast cable and broadband empire.
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A.
Howard Lutnick
Howard Lutnick is an American businessman best known as the longtime chairman and CEO who rebuilt the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald after the September 11 attacks.
-
B.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
-
C.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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D.
Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
-
E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- 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_69ad85b12a908190a1d10a6b03b4f8ae |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbae36e748190bf20fd3c6de22e19 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b36104a1048190b6fa9f552786a85a |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b364c6c2f881909b72a78123cd445d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b365328b188190b44d8690eaa5b12e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.