Triple

T9614325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Micron Technology E232180 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Doug Pitman
Doug Pitman is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor company Micron Technology.
 E811076 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: Doug Pitman | Statement: [Micron Technology, foundedBy, Doug Pitman]

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: Doug Pitman
Context triple: [Micron Technology, foundedBy, Doug Pitman]
  • A. Steve Pugh
    Steve Pugh is a British comic book artist best known for his work on titles such as Animal Man, Preacher, and Hotwire.
  • B. Dan Mott
    Dan Mott is a fictional character portrayed as a cautious, neurotic member of the central trio in the 2004 adventure comedy film "Without a Paddle."
  • C. Ken Pile
    Ken Pile is a stuttering, animal-loving hitman and one of the main comic characters in the British-American heist comedy film "A Fish Called Wanda."
  • D. Phil Judd
    Phil Judd is a New Zealand musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Split Enz and later the new wave band The Swingers.
  • E. Tony Denison
    Tony Denison is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Flynn on the crime dramas "The Closer" and its spin-off "Major Crimes."
  • 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: Doug Pitman
Target entity description: Doug Pitman is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor company Micron Technology.
  • A. Steve Pugh
    Steve Pugh is a British comic book artist best known for his work on titles such as Animal Man, Preacher, and Hotwire.
  • B. Dan Mott
    Dan Mott is a fictional character portrayed as a cautious, neurotic member of the central trio in the 2004 adventure comedy film "Without a Paddle."
  • C. Ken Pile
    Ken Pile is a stuttering, animal-loving hitman and one of the main comic characters in the British-American heist comedy film "A Fish Called Wanda."
  • D. Phil Judd
    Phil Judd is a New Zealand musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Split Enz and later the new wave band The Swingers.
  • E. Tony Denison
    Tony Denison is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Flynn on the crime dramas "The Closer" and its spin-off "Major Crimes."
  • 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: Doug Pitman
Triple: [Micron Technology, foundedBy, Doug Pitman]
Generated description
Doug Pitman is an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor company Micron Technology.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca84867bb88190b4b57dd5a56d5691 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd9aaaa47881908d69381d4d11f49b ner completed
NED1 batch_69d17958287081908e337bdbe9ea366f ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d17e4c9e40819081367d2365bf5dd2 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d17d9d69908190879b160968e41745 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:09 p.m.