Triple
T452420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Skype |
E7156
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Niklas Zennström
Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for co-founding the internet communications company Skype.
|
E56742
|
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: Niklas Zennström | Statement: [Skype, founder, Niklas Zennström]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niklas Zennström Context triple: [Skype, founder, Niklas Zennström]
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A.
Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
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B.
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and venture capitalist best known as the co-creator of the Mosaic web browser and co-founder of Netscape and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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C.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
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D.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
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E.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
- 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: Niklas Zennström Triple: [Skype, founder, Niklas Zennström]
Generated description
Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for co-founding the internet communications company Skype.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niklas Zennström Target entity description: Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known for co-founding the internet communications company Skype.
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A.
Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
-
B.
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, and venture capitalist best known as the co-creator of the Mosaic web browser and co-founder of Netscape and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
-
C.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Facebook and the productivity software company Asana.
-
D.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
-
E.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist best known as a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook.
- 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ef854f7481909dc2207faf0327ec |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a44802e858819081a0b5b98bb25bce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a449b1e2708190838e32497ffd2fbd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a44a07fa18819089cb8005d476d078 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:15 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.