Triple
T7033301
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Syntrillium Software |
E163319
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Johnston
David Johnston is a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Syntrillium Software, the company behind the popular audio editing program Cool Edit.
|
E637118
|
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 Johnston | Statement: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, David Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Johnston Context triple: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, David Johnston]
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A.
David Johnston
David Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and lawyer who served as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017.
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B.
Ian Telfer
Ian Telfer is a Canadian mining executive and philanthropist known for his leadership in the resource industry and major donations to higher education.
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C.
Leslie Menzies
Leslie Menzies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Menzies.
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D.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
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E.
Andrew Clarke
Andrew Clarke was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and Governor of the Straits Settlements known for consolidating British influence in the Malay Peninsula.
- 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 Johnston Triple: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, David Johnston]
Generated description
David Johnston is a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Syntrillium Software, the company behind the popular audio editing program Cool Edit.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Johnston Target entity description: David Johnston is a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Syntrillium Software, the company behind the popular audio editing program Cool Edit.
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A.
David Johnston
David Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and lawyer who served as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017.
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B.
Ian Telfer
Ian Telfer is a Canadian mining executive and philanthropist known for his leadership in the resource industry and major donations to higher education.
-
C.
Leslie Menzies
Leslie Menzies is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Menzies.
-
D.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
-
E.
Andrew Clarke
Andrew Clarke was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and Governor of the Straits Settlements known for consolidating British influence in the Malay Peninsula.
- 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_69c6885d691c81908cf7d31083113886 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e2118fc88190a0751ca18eafb4a5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7759c8e408190a7d457e77a44ee26 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c779acac2881909917e12072f66637 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c77a0390248190ba535e7d931a4682 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:36 p.m.