Triple
T20194638
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jack Conte |
E493049
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounderWith |
P2835
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam Yam
Sam Yam is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the creator membership platform Patreon.
|
E1416439
|
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: Sam Yam | Statement: [Jack Conte, coFounderWith, Sam Yam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Yam Context triple: [Jack Conte, coFounderWith, Sam Yam]
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A.
Joseph Yam
Joseph Yam is a prominent Hong Kong banker best known as the founding Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, where he played a key role in managing the territory’s monetary and financial stability.
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B.
Nelson Shin
Nelson Shin is a South Korean-born animator and film director best known for directing the 1986 animated feature "The Transformers: The Movie" and for his influential work in both American and Korean animation industries.
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C.
Alex Yam
Alex Yam is a Singaporean politician who has served as a Member of Parliament, representing the People’s Action Party.
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D.
Kenji Chan
Kenji Chan is a musician best known as a member of Bruno Mars’s backing band, The Hooligans.
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E.
Samuel Yin
Samuel Yin is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Tang Prize, an international award recognizing outstanding contributions in fields including biopharmaceutical science.
- 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: Sam Yam Triple: [Jack Conte, coFounderWith, Sam Yam]
Generated description
Sam Yam is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the creator membership platform Patreon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Yam Target entity description: Sam Yam is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the creator membership platform Patreon.
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A.
Joseph Yam
Joseph Yam is a prominent Hong Kong banker best known as the founding Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, where he played a key role in managing the territory’s monetary and financial stability.
-
B.
Nelson Shin
Nelson Shin is a South Korean-born animator and film director best known for directing the 1986 animated feature "The Transformers: The Movie" and for his influential work in both American and Korean animation industries.
-
C.
Alex Yam
Alex Yam is a Singaporean politician who has served as a Member of Parliament, representing the People’s Action Party.
-
D.
Kenji Chan
Kenji Chan is a musician best known as a member of Bruno Mars’s backing band, The Hooligans.
-
E.
Samuel Yin
Samuel Yin is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Tang Prize, an international award recognizing outstanding contributions in fields including biopharmaceutical science.
- 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66ad7ed548190a893110fa2ffb144 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a083c8a440c819089f0d90aacc640b5 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a083d95db488190b2ffafc7e0d874dc |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a083e12d31481909295a5dc4e47b14b |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.