Triple
T6180987
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Y Combinator |
E137940
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Trevor Blackwell
Trevor Blackwell is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and roboticist best known as a co-founder of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his work in humanoid and self-balancing robots.
|
E576518
|
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: Trevor Blackwell | Statement: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Trevor Blackwell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Blackwell Context triple: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Trevor Blackwell]
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A.
Trevor Walters
Trevor Walters is a British lovers rock reggae singer known for his smooth vocal style and popular 1980s covers of soul and pop songs.
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B.
Trevor Albert
Trevor Albert is a film producer best known for his work on the classic comedy "Groundhog Day."
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C.
Trevor Garfield
Trevor Garfield is the troubled high school teacher protagonist of the 1997 crime drama film "One Eight Seven," portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson.
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D.
Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald is a renowned British newsreader and journalist, best known as one of the most prominent and pioneering Black broadcasters on UK television.
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E.
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston is an Australian linguist renowned for his pioneering research and documentation of Auslan, the sign language of the Australian Deaf community.
- 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: Trevor Blackwell Triple: [Y Combinator, foundedBy, Trevor Blackwell]
Generated description
Trevor Blackwell is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and roboticist best known as a co-founder of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his work in humanoid and self-balancing robots.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trevor Blackwell Target entity description: Trevor Blackwell is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and roboticist best known as a co-founder of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and for his work in humanoid and self-balancing robots.
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A.
Trevor Walters
Trevor Walters is a British lovers rock reggae singer known for his smooth vocal style and popular 1980s covers of soul and pop songs.
-
B.
Trevor Albert
Trevor Albert is a film producer best known for his work on the classic comedy "Groundhog Day."
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C.
Trevor Garfield
Trevor Garfield is the troubled high school teacher protagonist of the 1997 crime drama film "One Eight Seven," portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson.
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D.
Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald is a renowned British newsreader and journalist, best known as one of the most prominent and pioneering Black broadcasters on UK television.
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E.
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston is an Australian linguist renowned for his pioneering research and documentation of Auslan, the sign language of the Australian Deaf community.
- 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_69c008a80f748190ba3d07ffc81acb29 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c060fdf7ac8190a0e887907ec9a922 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16ef823348190a8ed68141857e28c |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1be0624088190b20fdfa389ebf092 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1bec4844081908baa5abbc4cb3221 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.