Triple
T638436
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fairchild Semiconductor |
E16677
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Fairchild was an American industrialist and inventor who founded numerous technology companies and played a pivotal role in the early development of the semiconductor and aerospace industries.
|
E173322
|
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: Sherman Fairchild | Statement: [Fairchild Semiconductor, foundedBy, Sherman Fairchild]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Fairchild Context triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, foundedBy, Sherman Fairchild]
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A.
Owen D. Young
Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, lawyer, and businessman best known for founding RCA and for his influential role in international economic policy during the interwar period.
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B.
Roger Sherman Loomis
Roger Sherman Loomis was an American medievalist and literary scholar best known for his influential research on Arthurian legend and its Celtic origins.
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C.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis was an influential American publisher and philanthropist best known for building a magazine empire that included titles like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.
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D.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
-
E.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
- 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: Sherman Fairchild Triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, foundedBy, Sherman Fairchild]
Generated description
Sherman Fairchild was an American industrialist and inventor who founded numerous technology companies and played a pivotal role in the early development of the semiconductor and aerospace industries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Fairchild Target entity description: Sherman Fairchild was an American industrialist and inventor who founded numerous technology companies and played a pivotal role in the early development of the semiconductor and aerospace industries.
-
A.
Owen D. Young
Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, lawyer, and businessman best known for founding RCA and for his influential role in international economic policy during the interwar period.
-
B.
Roger Sherman Loomis
Roger Sherman Loomis was an American medievalist and literary scholar best known for his influential research on Arthurian legend and its Celtic origins.
-
C.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis was an influential American publisher and philanthropist best known for building a magazine empire that included titles like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.
-
D.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
-
E.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49ee95b188190a67b12e1899bcdda |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad22fb5b30819086622f751a065b7a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad2580f68881909a0fa55f3167fb9c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad26d7f81881908cdb25bf098e0f8e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.