Triple

T9532831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Data General E229936 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Richard Sogge
Richard Sogge is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the minicomputer company Data General.
 E805884 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Richard Sogge | Statement: [Data General, foundedBy, Richard Sogge]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Sogge
Context triple: [Data General, foundedBy, Richard Sogge]
  • A. Michael T. Sauer
    Michael T. Sauer was an American judge best known for presiding over high-profile criminal cases in Los Angeles County.
  • B. Richard C. Meyer
    Richard C. Meyer was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including Westerns and genre films.
  • C. Richard Masur
    Richard Masur is an American character actor known for his extensive film and television work since the 1970s, including roles in movies like "Risky Business" and the miniseries "It."
  • D. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Sogge
Target entity description: Richard Sogge is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the minicomputer company Data General.
  • A. Michael T. Sauer
    Michael T. Sauer was an American judge best known for presiding over high-profile criminal cases in Los Angeles County.
  • B. Richard C. Meyer
    Richard C. Meyer was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including Westerns and genre films.
  • C. Richard Masur
    Richard Masur is an American character actor known for his extensive film and television work since the 1970s, including roles in movies like "Risky Business" and the miniseries "It."
  • D. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • E. Michael P. Brenner
    Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Richard Sogge
Triple: [Data General, foundedBy, Richard Sogge]
Generated description
Richard Sogge is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the minicomputer company Data General.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd98b5651881908241b040f123c6a8 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d14c4033c08190a71535b63d86f4df ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d14e7a8ca88190b38c93ff312e7333 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d14df56ac881909fad7241797b1829 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.