Triple

T919486
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alibaba Group E19850 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Simon Xie
Simon Xie is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Alibaba Group.
E108292 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: Simon Xie | Statement: [Alibaba Group, foundedBy, Simon Xie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Xie
Context triple: [Alibaba Group, foundedBy, Simon Xie]
  • A. Xiaodong Chen
    Xiaodong Chen is a prominent materials scientist and nanotechnology researcher who serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Nano.
  • B. Kenneth Hsu
    Kenneth Hsu is a Swiss geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on marine geology and the Messinian salinity crisis.
  • C. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • D. Yuhuai Wu
    Yuhuai Wu is an AI researcher and entrepreneur known for his work on large language models and as a member of Elon Musk’s xAI team.
  • E. Jeff Wu
    Jeff Wu is a machine learning researcher known for his work on large language models, including co-authoring the original GPT-2 paper at OpenAI.
  • 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: Simon Xie
Triple: [Alibaba Group, foundedBy, Simon Xie]
Generated description
Simon Xie is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Alibaba Group.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Xie
Target entity description: Simon Xie is a Chinese entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Alibaba Group.
  • A. Xiaodong Chen
    Xiaodong Chen is a prominent materials scientist and nanotechnology researcher who serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ACS Nano.
  • B. Kenneth Hsu
    Kenneth Hsu is a Swiss geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on marine geology and the Messinian salinity crisis.
  • C. John Cheng
    John Cheng is a film producer best known for his work on the dark comedy movie "Horrible Bosses."
  • D. Yuhuai Wu
    Yuhuai Wu is an AI researcher and entrepreneur known for his work on large language models and as a member of Elon Musk’s xAI team.
  • E. Jeff Wu
    Jeff Wu is a machine learning researcher known for his work on large language models, including co-authoring the original GPT-2 paper at OpenAI.
  • 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_69a493a099788190a696d9d8408cbaf4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b3103bf48190af3f8d8b2d0fe918 completed March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf62b05c8190b348ccf1e527d38a completed March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d00886948190984a4e084bd66bf0 completed March 4, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d066a3488190b4737ab9e8093892 completed March 4, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.