Triple

T940925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia Business School E20302 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Robert F. Smith
Robert F. Smith is an American billionaire businessman, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.
 E128898 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 F. Smith | Statement: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Robert F. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert F. Smith
Context triple: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Robert F. Smith]
  • A. Stephen M. Ross
    Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
  • B. Preston Robert Tisch
    Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
  • C. David M. Rubenstein
    David M. Rubenstein is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
  • D. Albert J. Weatherhead III
    Albert J. Weatherhead III was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and business leader known for his support of higher education and the arts.
  • E. Jonathan Tisch
    Jonathan Tisch is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and co-owner of the New York Giants.
  • 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 F. Smith
Triple: [Columbia Business School, hasAlumni, Robert F. Smith]
Generated description
Robert F. Smith is an American billionaire businessman, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert F. Smith
Target entity description: Robert F. Smith is an American billionaire businessman, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.
  • A. Stephen M. Ross
    Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
  • B. Preston Robert Tisch
    Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
  • C. David M. Rubenstein
    David M. Rubenstein is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
  • D. Albert J. Weatherhead III
    Albert J. Weatherhead III was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and business leader known for his support of higher education and the arts.
  • E. Jonathan Tisch
    Jonathan Tisch is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels and co-owner of the New York Giants.
  • 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_69a493b0270c81909e6c9ce310f6aa55 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b38cc6888190b1d9043ec8fbcbc3 completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac537ba7c08190966fa4a29da90310 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5579b6d48190ace899245178085b completed March 7, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac55ea6028819093304731eb65af77 completed March 7, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.