Triple
T7428372
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Polycom |
E171423
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brian L. Hinman
Brian L. Hinman is an American technology entrepreneur and executive best known for co-founding multiple communications companies, including Polycom, and pioneering advances in voice and video conferencing.
|
E691724
|
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: Brian L. Hinman | Statement: [Polycom, foundedBy, Brian L. Hinman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian L. Hinman Context triple: [Polycom, foundedBy, Brian L. Hinman]
-
A.
Craig A. Stough
Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
-
B.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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C.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
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D.
David M. Satterfield
David M. Satterfield is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador who has held several senior foreign policy roles, including directing Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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E.
Bruce H. Mann
Bruce H. Mann is an American legal historian and Harvard Law School professor known for his scholarship on early American legal and economic history and for being married to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
- 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: Brian L. Hinman Triple: [Polycom, foundedBy, Brian L. Hinman]
Generated description
Brian L. Hinman is an American technology entrepreneur and executive best known for co-founding multiple communications companies, including Polycom, and pioneering advances in voice and video conferencing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian L. Hinman Target entity description: Brian L. Hinman is an American technology entrepreneur and executive best known for co-founding multiple communications companies, including Polycom, and pioneering advances in voice and video conferencing.
-
A.
Craig A. Stough
Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
-
B.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
-
C.
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
-
D.
David M. Satterfield
David M. Satterfield is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador who has held several senior foreign policy roles, including directing Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
-
E.
Bruce H. Mann
Bruce H. Mann is an American legal historian and Harvard Law School professor known for his scholarship on early American legal and economic history and for being married to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
- 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_69c68a63491881909281f73d4d5643bf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f306bfe481909f99f6792de95ffc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c9a53a44e48190bddf0f4faec136e7 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c9a665ccc081909564e4c83dbd303c |
completed | March 29, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c9a6b366348190b72f896243c70c38 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:12 p.m.