Triple

T6731883
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lam Research E153652 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David K. Lam
David K. Lam is a technology entrepreneur and engineer best known as the founder and first CEO of Lam Research, a major semiconductor equipment company.
E616386 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: David K. Lam | Statement: [Lam Research, foundedBy, David K. Lam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David K. Lam
Context triple: [Lam Research, foundedBy, David K. Lam]
  • A. Donald Tsang
    Donald Tsang is a Hong Kong politician who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
  • B. Charlie Soong
    Charlie Soong was a prominent Chinese-American businessman, Christian missionary, and political figure best known as the influential patriarch of the Soong family, whose daughters married key leaders of modern China.
  • C. Sir David Tang
    Sir David Tang was a Hong Kong-born British entrepreneur, socialite, and philanthropist best known for founding the luxury fashion brand Shanghai Tang and his prominent role in international high society.
  • D. Ken Mok
    Ken Mok is a television and film producer best known for creating and executive producing the reality competition series "America's Next Top Model."
  • E. Russell Wong
    Russell Wong is an American actor and martial artist best known for his roles in action films and television series, often portraying skilled fighters or law enforcement characters.
  • 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: David K. Lam
Triple: [Lam Research, foundedBy, David K. Lam]
Generated description
David K. Lam is a technology entrepreneur and engineer best known as the founder and first CEO of Lam Research, a major semiconductor equipment company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David K. Lam
Target entity description: David K. Lam is a technology entrepreneur and engineer best known as the founder and first CEO of Lam Research, a major semiconductor equipment company.
  • A. Donald Tsang
    Donald Tsang is a Hong Kong politician who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
  • B. Charlie Soong
    Charlie Soong was a prominent Chinese-American businessman, Christian missionary, and political figure best known as the influential patriarch of the Soong family, whose daughters married key leaders of modern China.
  • C. Sir David Tang
    Sir David Tang was a Hong Kong-born British entrepreneur, socialite, and philanthropist best known for founding the luxury fashion brand Shanghai Tang and his prominent role in international high society.
  • D. Ken Mok
    Ken Mok is a television and film producer best known for creating and executive producing the reality competition series "America's Next Top Model."
  • E. Russell Wong
    Russell Wong is an American actor and martial artist best known for his roles in action films and television series, often portraying skilled fighters or law enforcement characters.
  • 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_69c6880bdd68819097de8b6099992682 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d16a30888190ae474d90bb71ac49 completed March 27, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c70b0502d081909662028e2b40c7f3 completed March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c70ba06a5c81909b65b52d21d37104 completed March 27, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c70c755054819087d0db6f94d69eae completed March 27, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:09 p.m.