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]
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A.
Donald Tsang
Donald Tsang is a Hong Kong politician who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.