Triple
T4946307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Crankstart |
E111058
|
entity |
| Predicate | founderOccupation |
P7991
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist
Michael Moritz is a prominent British-American venture capitalist and philanthropist, best known for his long tenure at Sequoia Capital and major early investments in companies like Google and PayPal.
|
E480683
|
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 Moritz is a venture capitalist | Statement: [Crankstart, founderOccupation, Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist Context triple: [Crankstart, founderOccupation, Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist]
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A.
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.
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B.
Dave McClure
Dave McClure is an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the founder of the startup accelerator and venture fund 500 Startups.
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C.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
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D.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of Union Square Ventures and an influential early-stage tech investor and blogger.
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E.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
- 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 Moritz is a venture capitalist Triple: [Crankstart, founderOccupation, Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist]
Generated description
Michael Moritz is a prominent British-American venture capitalist and philanthropist, best known for his long tenure at Sequoia Capital and major early investments in companies like Google and PayPal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist Target entity description: Michael Moritz is a prominent British-American venture capitalist and philanthropist, best known for his long tenure at Sequoia Capital and major early investments in companies like Google and PayPal.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Dave McClure
Dave McClure is an American entrepreneur and angel investor best known as the founder of the startup accelerator and venture fund 500 Startups.
-
C.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is the ambitious and profit-driven Petrox Oil executive who leads the ill-fated expedition to Skull Island in the 1976 remake of King Kong.
-
D.
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist best known as a co-founder of Union Square Ventures and an influential early-stage tech investor and blogger.
-
E.
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of the influential Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for his leadership in tech investing and his writings on startup management.
- 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd70aa890c81908e685ec5e88cae1f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be77c873dc81909129644cf929ed5e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be78db96e081909eec1b8e287e6ef9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be7940416881908167cd24b11d8be0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.