Triple

T18464007
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pirates of Silicon Valley E451109 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins
Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins is the actor who played Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the television film "Pirates of Silicon Valley."
E1325537 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: Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins | Statement: [Pirates of Silicon Valley, portrayedBy, Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins
Context triple: [Pirates of Silicon Valley, portrayedBy, Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins]
  • A. Doug Hopkins
    Doug Hopkins was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Gin Blossoms and writer of several of their early hits.
  • B. Greg Hopkins
    Greg Hopkins is a former American football wide receiver and standout Arena Football League player best known for his impactful career with the Albany Firebirds.
  • C. Andy Hopper
    Andy Hopper is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in computer networking, systems research, and the founding of several technology companies.
  • D. Sean Hopper
    Sean Hopper is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Huey Lewis and the News.
  • E. Ken Hutchison
    Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins
Triple: [Pirates of Silicon Valley, portrayedBy, Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins]
Generated description
Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins is the actor who played Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the television film "Pirates of Silicon Valley."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins
Target entity description: Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins is the actor who played Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the television film "Pirates of Silicon Valley."
  • A. Doug Hopkins
    Doug Hopkins was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Gin Blossoms and writer of several of their early hits.
  • B. Greg Hopkins
    Greg Hopkins is a former American football wide receiver and standout Arena Football League player best known for his impactful career with the Albany Firebirds.
  • C. Andy Hopper
    Andy Hopper is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in computer networking, systems research, and the founding of several technology companies.
  • D. Sean Hopper
    Sean Hopper is an American keyboardist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Huey Lewis and the News.
  • E. Ken Hutchison
    Ken Hutchison was a Scottish actor known for his intense character roles in film and television during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69d8d38345688190b565eac2e4cd7935 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e52a8190508190a74b1d3482364905 completed April 19, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a040fed3690819088907f42096c4227 completed May 13, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0418ed1e0c81909eb7e4555c596afd completed May 13, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a041961cc04819084631f1ae2d90148 completed May 13, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:33 a.m.