Triple

T5016288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sonos E112747 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John MacFarlane
John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
 E486635 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 MacFarlane | Statement: [Sonos, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacFarlane
Context triple: [Sonos, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]
  • A. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • B. David Lewis
    David Lewis was an American philosopher renowned for his influential work in metaphysics, especially modal realism and possible worlds semantics, as well as significant contributions to philosophy of language and mind.
  • C. Jonathan Wolff
    Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
  • D. Owen Flanagan
    Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
  • E. Stephen Yablo
    Stephen Yablo is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language and logic, including his formulation of "Yablo's paradox" and extensive analysis of semantic paradoxes.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacFarlane
Target entity description: John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
  • A. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • B. David Lewis
    David Lewis was an American philosopher renowned for his influential work in metaphysics, especially modal realism and possible worlds semantics, as well as significant contributions to philosophy of language and mind.
  • C. Jonathan Wolff
    Jonathan Wolff is an American musician best known for composing and performing the iconic theme music and scores for the television sitcom Seinfeld.
  • D. Owen Flanagan
    Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
  • E. Stephen Yablo
    Stephen Yablo is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language and logic, including his formulation of "Yablo's paradox" and extensive analysis of semantic paradoxes.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 MacFarlane
Triple: [Sonos, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]
Generated description
John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd732f4c5c8190b90f8e4daab458ee ner completed
NED1 batch_69be927500ec8190b4d87ef86469777d ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69be94a7e15481908f17feafb593b97b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69be942dac9c8190a5861ca0aaa44c90 nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.