Triple

T4330928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lycos E96745 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Michael Loren Mauldin
Michael Loren Mauldin is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the creator of the Lycos web search engine.
E430812 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: Michael Loren Mauldin | Statement: [Lycos, foundedBy, Michael Loren Mauldin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Loren Mauldin
Context triple: [Lycos, foundedBy, Michael Loren Mauldin]
  • A. Michael Mauldin
    Michael Mauldin is an American music executive and talent manager known for his influential role in the development of contemporary R&B and hip-hop artists.
  • B. Nat Mauldin
    Nat Mauldin is an American screenwriter and television writer known for his work on family-oriented films and popular TV comedies.
  • C. Paul Tudor Jones
    Paul Tudor Jones is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and founder of Tudor Investment Corporation, known for his macro trading and for predicting the 1987 stock market crash.
  • D. Michael J. Malone
    Michael J. Malone is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy crime film "The Informant!".
  • E. Martin Armstrong
    Martin Armstrong is an American former financial advisor and self-taught economic forecaster known for his controversial "Economic Confidence Model" and high-profile legal troubles related to fraud charges.
  • 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: Michael Loren Mauldin
Triple: [Lycos, foundedBy, Michael Loren Mauldin]
Generated description
Michael Loren Mauldin is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the creator of the Lycos web search engine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Loren Mauldin
Target entity description: Michael Loren Mauldin is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the creator of the Lycos web search engine.
  • A. Michael Mauldin
    Michael Mauldin is an American music executive and talent manager known for his influential role in the development of contemporary R&B and hip-hop artists.
  • B. Nat Mauldin
    Nat Mauldin is an American screenwriter and television writer known for his work on family-oriented films and popular TV comedies.
  • C. Paul Tudor Jones
    Paul Tudor Jones is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and founder of Tudor Investment Corporation, known for his macro trading and for predicting the 1987 stock market crash.
  • D. Michael J. Malone
    Michael J. Malone is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy crime film "The Informant!".
  • E. Martin Armstrong
    Martin Armstrong is an American former financial advisor and self-taught economic forecaster known for his controversial "Economic Confidence Model" and high-profile legal troubles related to fraud charges.
  • 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_69b34542fd908190b11b08faad8decfd completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3514c39748190900e13e70ed8848c completed March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5d09fad588190b488012b4fc6cb8c completed March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5d1614b008190bc98fac7b1029456 completed March 14, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5d1c2f77c8190942be9d23c2c9f6b completed March 14, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m.