Triple
T5167436
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rackable Systems |
E116592
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Barton
Thomas Barton is a technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Rackable Systems, a company specializing in high-density server and data center solutions.
|
E500299
|
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: Thomas Barton | Statement: [Rackable Systems, foundedBy, Thomas Barton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Barton Context triple: [Rackable Systems, foundedBy, Thomas Barton]
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A.
George Deakin
George Deakin is an individual known for being a defendant in the 1979 English criminal case R v Thorpe and Others.
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B.
Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham was a British Army general best known for leading Eighth Army forces in the North African campaign during World War II.
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C.
Richard Bancroft
Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
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D.
William Fox
William Fox was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who founded the movie company that later became 20th Century Fox.
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E.
James Ross
James Ross was a 19th-century landowner and businessman after whom the town of Ross, California, is named.
- 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: Thomas Barton Triple: [Rackable Systems, foundedBy, Thomas Barton]
Generated description
Thomas Barton is a technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Rackable Systems, a company specializing in high-density server and data center solutions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Barton Target entity description: Thomas Barton is a technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Rackable Systems, a company specializing in high-density server and data center solutions.
-
A.
George Deakin
George Deakin is an individual known for being a defendant in the 1979 English criminal case R v Thorpe and Others.
-
B.
Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham was a British Army general best known for leading Eighth Army forces in the North African campaign during World War II.
-
C.
Richard Bancroft
Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
-
D.
William Fox
William Fox was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who founded the movie company that later became 20th Century Fox.
-
E.
James Ross
James Ross was a 19th-century landowner and businessman after whom the town of Ross, California, is named.
- 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_69bd445ff97c81909a2615cc56235470 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd794b87508190be3b82726ef4b37c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed93b85188190927d448e09a46425 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bedbd301088190908d050425c6cda7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bedc65fcdc8190bc99c0d049e4dd94 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.