Triple
T9932380
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Symantec |
E192676
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doug McKendall
Doug McKendall is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the cybersecurity and software company Symantec.
|
E831096
|
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: Doug McKendall | Statement: [Symantec, foundedBy, Doug McKendall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug McKendall Context triple: [Symantec, foundedBy, Doug McKendall]
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A.
Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
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B.
Mick Dodson
Mick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, lawyer, and academic known for his prominent role in Indigenous rights advocacy and as a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
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C.
Tony Gibbs
Tony Gibbs is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Gibbs.
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D.
Phil May
Phil May is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an influential English caricaturist of the late 19th century and a British rock singer best known as the frontman of the band The Pretty Things.
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E.
Phil Collinson
Phil Collinson is a British television producer best known for his work on the revived era of Doctor Who.
- 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: Doug McKendall Triple: [Symantec, foundedBy, Doug McKendall]
Generated description
Doug McKendall is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the cybersecurity and software company Symantec.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug McKendall Target entity description: Doug McKendall is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the cybersecurity and software company Symantec.
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A.
Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, and producer best known for creating memorable television theme tunes and pop hits from the 1960s onward.
-
B.
Mick Dodson
Mick Dodson is an Australian Aboriginal leader, lawyer, and academic known for his prominent role in Indigenous rights advocacy and as a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
-
C.
Tony Gibbs
Tony Gibbs is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Gibbs.
-
D.
Phil May
Phil May is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an influential English caricaturist of the late 19th century and a British rock singer best known as the frontman of the band The Pretty Things.
-
E.
Phil Collinson
Phil Collinson is a British television producer best known for his work on the revived era of Doctor Who.
- 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_69ca82dd978c8190947124ab0d3315ac |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb5b7897081909b28189aa57af250 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d228d1620c8190ac7125b268dd6832 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d22c3a6fc0819083a376736325a04e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d22cabf39881908f45667751384df5 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:43 p.m.