Triple

T7428373
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Polycom E171423 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Jeffrey Rodman
Jeffrey Rodman is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Polycom, a company specializing in audio and video conferencing technologies.
E690714 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: Jeffrey Rodman | Statement: [Polycom, foundedBy, Jeffrey Rodman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Rodman
Context triple: [Polycom, foundedBy, Jeffrey Rodman]
  • A. Thomas J. Greytak
    Thomas J. Greytak is an American physicist known for his work in low-temperature physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • B. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • C. Stephen M. Kellen
    Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
  • D. Craig A. Stough
    Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
  • E. Jeffrey Fuller
    Jeffrey Fuller is known primarily as the son of prominent American lawyer, feminist, and civil liberties advocate Crystal Eastman.
  • 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: Jeffrey Rodman
Triple: [Polycom, foundedBy, Jeffrey Rodman]
Generated description
Jeffrey Rodman is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Polycom, a company specializing in audio and video conferencing technologies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Rodman
Target entity description: Jeffrey Rodman is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Polycom, a company specializing in audio and video conferencing technologies.
  • A. Thomas J. Greytak
    Thomas J. Greytak is an American physicist known for his work in low-temperature physics and his long association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • B. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • C. Stephen M. Kellen
    Stephen M. Kellen was a prominent financier and philanthropist known for his leadership at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder and his significant support of cultural and educational institutions.
  • D. Craig A. Stough
    Craig A. Stough is an American local government leader who serves as the mayor of Sylvania, Ohio.
  • E. Jeffrey Fuller
    Jeffrey Fuller is known primarily as the son of prominent American lawyer, feminist, and civil liberties advocate Crystal Eastman.
  • 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_69c9494351488190852b600d9666d1eb completed March 29, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c949a369e881909ffdc09275e50f20 completed March 29, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c94a573e3081908b1e8d5bca627126 completed March 29, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:12 p.m.