Triple

T15575866
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sunlight Foundation E374368 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Michael R. Klein
Michael R. Klein is an American lawyer, philanthropist, and political reform advocate best known for co-founding the nonpartisan transparency organization the Sunlight Foundation.
E1310458 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: Michael R. Klein | Statement: [Sunlight Foundation, founder, Michael R. Klein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael R. Klein
Context triple: [Sunlight Foundation, founder, Michael R. Klein]
  • A. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • B. Jay O. Rothman
    Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
  • C. David Klein
    David Klein is an American cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Kevin Smith and his work on independent films and television series.
  • D. Jonathan D. Krane
    Jonathan D. Krane was an American film producer and talent manager best known for his long association with John Travolta and for producing films such as "Look Who's Talking."
  • E. Michael S. Glick
    Michael S. Glick is a film producer best known for his work on the 1982 sports comedy-drama "Six Pack."
  • 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: Michael R. Klein
Triple: [Sunlight Foundation, founder, Michael R. Klein]
Generated description
Michael R. Klein is an American lawyer, philanthropist, and political reform advocate best known for co-founding the nonpartisan transparency organization the Sunlight Foundation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael R. Klein
Target entity description: Michael R. Klein is an American lawyer, philanthropist, and political reform advocate best known for co-founding the nonpartisan transparency organization the Sunlight Foundation.
  • A. Michael A. Helfant
    Michael A. Helfant is a film producer and entertainment executive known for his work on genre and thriller projects, including the 2013 crime thriller "The Call."
  • B. Jay O. Rothman
    Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
  • C. David Klein
    David Klein is an American cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Kevin Smith and his work on independent films and television series.
  • D. Jonathan D. Krane
    Jonathan D. Krane was an American film producer and talent manager best known for his long association with John Travolta and for producing films such as "Look Who's Talking."
  • E. Michael S. Glick
    Michael S. Glick is a film producer best known for his work on the 1982 sports comedy-drama "Six Pack."
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e2140388190a8df7b835eaa72ce completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0397e71ec481909dabe3c945affb37 completed May 12, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0399364d988190a457415c9c64a68d completed May 12, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0399e221308190988e728b9efb0141 completed May 12, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.