Triple

T7033302
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Syntrillium Software E163319 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Robert Ellison
Robert Ellison 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.
E637119 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: Robert Ellison | Statement: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, Robert Ellison]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Ellison
Context triple: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, Robert Ellison]
  • A. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • B. Walter Withers
    Walter Withers was an influential Australian Impressionist painter known for his atmospheric rural landscapes and key role in the Heidelberg School art movement.
  • C. Ezra Dee Alexander
    Ezra Dee Alexander was an American physician and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. David T. Walker
    David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
  • 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: Robert Ellison
Triple: [Syntrillium Software, foundedBy, Robert Ellison]
Generated description
Robert Ellison 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: Robert Ellison
Target entity description: Robert Ellison 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.
  • A. Charles E. Fuller
    Charles E. Fuller was an influential American evangelical radio preacher and Christian leader whose ministry and vision led to the establishment of Fuller Theological Seminary.
  • B. Walter Withers
    Walter Withers was an influential Australian Impressionist painter known for his atmospheric rural landscapes and key role in the Heidelberg School art movement.
  • C. Ezra Dee Alexander
    Ezra Dee Alexander was an American physician and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. David T. Walker
    David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
  • 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.