Triple

T15383988
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Retro Studios E367872 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Jeff Spangenberg
Jeff Spangenberg is a video game designer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Retro Studios and previously Iguana Entertainment, contributing to several influential console titles.
E1158470 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: Jeff Spangenberg | Statement: [Retro Studios, foundedBy, Jeff Spangenberg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeff Spangenberg
Context triple: [Retro Studios, foundedBy, Jeff Spangenberg]
  • A. Chris Bauer
    Chris Bauer is an American character actor known for his gritty, often hard-edged roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "The Wire," "True Blood," and "The Deuce."
  • B. Bruce Mehlman
    Bruce Mehlman is an American public policy strategist and lobbyist known for his work in technology policy and for co-founding the bipartisan consulting firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas.
  • C. Greg Brenman
    Greg Brenman is a British film and television producer known for his work on acclaimed projects such as "Billy Elliot" and various high-profile UK dramas.
  • D. Phil Sgriccia
    Phil Sgriccia is an American television producer and director best known for his extensive work on genre series such as Supernatural and The Boys.
  • E. Ernie Sabella
    Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
  • 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: Jeff Spangenberg
Triple: [Retro Studios, foundedBy, Jeff Spangenberg]
Generated description
Jeff Spangenberg is a video game designer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Retro Studios and previously Iguana Entertainment, contributing to several influential console titles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeff Spangenberg
Target entity description: Jeff Spangenberg is a video game designer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Retro Studios and previously Iguana Entertainment, contributing to several influential console titles.
  • A. Chris Bauer
    Chris Bauer is an American character actor known for his gritty, often hard-edged roles in film and television, including prominent parts in series like "The Wire," "True Blood," and "The Deuce."
  • B. Bruce Mehlman
    Bruce Mehlman is an American public policy strategist and lobbyist known for his work in technology policy and for co-founding the bipartisan consulting firm Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas.
  • C. Greg Brenman
    Greg Brenman is a British film and television producer known for his work on acclaimed projects such as "Billy Elliot" and various high-profile UK dramas.
  • D. Phil Sgriccia
    Phil Sgriccia is an American television producer and director best known for his extensive work on genre series such as Supernatural and The Boys.
  • E. Ernie Sabella
    Ernie Sabella is an American actor and voice actor best known for voicing the warthog Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King franchise.
  • 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_69d85a1551a08190ba2caea7cd51c639 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e7397188190bde42b897ab4b5b4 completed April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2cee12e08190a7dc9f1577ca967d completed May 9, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2dd3d6c8819099d899f94f023d76 completed May 9, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff2e33097081908051630fe04a5594 completed May 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.