Triple

T8562443
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Raven Software E202720 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Brian Raffel
Brian Raffel is an American video game developer and co-founder of Raven Software, known for his leadership on titles such as the Heretic and Hexen series.
E754231 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 Raffel | Statement: [Raven Software, foundedBy, Brian Raffel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Raffel
Context triple: [Raven Software, foundedBy, Brian Raffel]
  • A. James C. Strouse
    James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
  • B. Philip Voss
    Philip Voss was a British actor known for his extensive work in theatre, television, and radio, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appearances in popular UK dramas.
  • C. Jeff Kodosky
    Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
  • D. Michael Z. Hurley
    Michael Z. Hurley is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Hurley, though specific widely known public details about his life or work are not clearly established.
  • E. Brian MacDevitt
    Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
  • 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 Raffel
Triple: [Raven Software, foundedBy, Brian Raffel]
Generated description
Brian Raffel is an American video game developer and co-founder of Raven Software, known for his leadership on titles such as the Heretic and Hexen series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Raffel
Target entity description: Brian Raffel is an American video game developer and co-founder of Raven Software, known for his leadership on titles such as the Heretic and Hexen series.
  • A. James C. Strouse
    James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and director known for character-driven independent films such as "Grace Is Gone," "The Winning Season," and "The Hollars."
  • B. Philip Voss
    Philip Voss was a British actor known for his extensive work in theatre, television, and radio, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appearances in popular UK dramas.
  • C. Jeff Kodosky
    Jeff Kodosky is an American engineer and co-founder of National Instruments, best known as the "father of LabVIEW" for creating the influential graphical programming environment.
  • D. Michael Z. Hurley
    Michael Z. Hurley is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Hurley, though specific widely known public details about his life or work are not clearly established.
  • E. Brian MacDevitt
    Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
  • 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_69ca8326e6c881908ff720d6abaebdc5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe94c0c3c8190aca981c07b090dc0 completed March 31, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf42459a048190a5c480f4a212607a completed April 3, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf43bd0f8c8190be2f7dc86f1e76e1 completed April 3, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf444c9cb08190a37f34faa4a3458d completed April 3, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:20 p.m.