Triple
T4254277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Don Valentine |
E95932
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in companies like Apple, Google, and Airbnb.
|
E424354
|
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: Sequoia Capital | Statement: [Don Valentine, founded, Sequoia Capital]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sequoia Capital Context triple: [Don Valentine, founded, Sequoia Capital]
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A.
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for backing leading technology startups across software, fintech, crypto, and other innovation-driven sectors.
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B.
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage, high-risk technology and clean energy startups.
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C.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in major technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
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D.
Thiel Capital
Thiel Capital is an investment firm and family office managing the personal capital and strategic ventures of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.
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E.
Kapor Capital
Kapor Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology-driven startups that aim to close gaps in access, opportunity, and outcomes for underserved communities.
- 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: Sequoia Capital Triple: [Don Valentine, founded, Sequoia Capital]
Generated description
Sequoia Capital is a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in companies like Apple, Google, and Airbnb.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sequoia Capital Target entity description: Sequoia Capital is a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in companies like Apple, Google, and Airbnb.
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A.
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for backing leading technology startups across software, fintech, crypto, and other innovation-driven sectors.
-
B.
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage, high-risk technology and clean energy startups.
-
C.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in major technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
-
D.
Thiel Capital
Thiel Capital is an investment firm and family office managing the personal capital and strategic ventures of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.
-
E.
Kapor Capital
Kapor Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology-driven startups that aim to close gaps in access, opportunity, and outcomes for underserved communities.
- 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_69b3453f759881909b91f01a1e82c036 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34ebe6fbc8190a89269b478b3f435 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a887703c81909a40f23f83154b8c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5a8ffd4508190b33117d3fc963b3d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5a9754d5c8190b1ab724a4758c22a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.