Triple

T19452176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rincon Networks E486638 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John MacFarlane
John MacFarlane is a technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the audio company Sonos.
 E486635 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: John MacFarlane | Statement: [Rincon Networks, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacFarlane
Context triple: [Rincon Networks, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]
  • A. John MacFarlane
    John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
  • B. Matt Nover
    Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
  • C. Richard Fantl
    Richard Fantl was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including the 1955 aviation drama "Top Gun."
  • D. Theodore Sider
    Theodore Sider is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, especially on ontology, time, and the structure of reality.
  • E. John Pollock
    John Pollock was an influential American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, artificial intelligence, and the theory of rational decision-making.
  • 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: John MacFarlane
Triple: [Rincon Networks, foundedBy, John MacFarlane]
Generated description
John MacFarlane is a technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the audio company Sonos.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John MacFarlane
Target entity description: John MacFarlane is a technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the audio company Sonos.
  • A. John MacFarlane chosen
    John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
  • B. Matt Nover
    Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
  • C. Richard Fantl
    Richard Fantl was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century American movies, including the 1955 aviation drama "Top Gun."
  • D. Theodore Sider
    Theodore Sider is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, especially on ontology, time, and the structure of reality.
  • E. John Pollock
    John Pollock was an influential American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, artificial intelligence, and the theory of rational decision-making.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8e8d86d608190bd199a98d0297f27 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63392aab08190aab09b7c356e5b10 completed April 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a073b33395081909ac7e5406843da5c completed May 15, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a073ba7f03481908ed5c06a46c0a029 completed May 15, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a073cae2df481908ed9a0ee0bc14fd5 completed May 15, 2026, 3:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.