Triple

T1077295
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject UMTS E23867 entity
Predicate firstCommercialOperator P5623 FINISHED
Object NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s largest mobile network operator, known for pioneering advanced mobile technologies and services, including early 3G deployments.
E123439 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: NTT DoCoMo | Statement: [UMTS, firstCommercialOperator, NTT DoCoMo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NTT DoCoMo
Context triple: [UMTS, firstCommercialOperator, NTT DoCoMo]
  • A. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
    Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
  • B. SoftBank Group
    SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company best known for its large-scale technology investments and telecommunications businesses.
  • C. Sharp Corporation
    Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
  • D. Nokia
    Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
  • E. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • 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: NTT DoCoMo
Triple: [UMTS, firstCommercialOperator, NTT DoCoMo]
Generated description
NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s largest mobile network operator, known for pioneering advanced mobile technologies and services, including early 3G deployments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NTT DoCoMo
Target entity description: NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s largest mobile network operator, known for pioneering advanced mobile technologies and services, including early 3G deployments.
  • A. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
    Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
  • B. SoftBank Group
    SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company best known for its large-scale technology investments and telecommunications businesses.
  • C. Sharp Corporation
    Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
  • D. Nokia
    Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
  • E. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstCommercialOperator
Context triple: [UMTS, firstCommercialOperator, NTT DoCoMo]
  • A. firstCommercialUse
    Indicates the earliest point in time at which something was used commercially or put into commercial operation.
  • B. aircraftOperator
    Indicates that one entity operates, manages, or is responsible for the use of a particular aircraft.
  • C. firstFlight
    Indicates that the associated event or record corresponds to the earliest or initial flight taken or performed by the referenced entity.
  • D. primaryOperator chosen
    Indicates that an entity serves as the main or leading operator responsible for performing or overseeing a specified operation or process in relation to another entity.
  • E. locationOfFirstCommercialUse
    Indicates the place where something was first used commercially.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a493f1ddf48190a99d54b00e99f8ce completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b94288d88190aae4fb86236c0702 completed March 1, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac42abc7a08190a34f5b2d393db30e completed March 7, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4336328481908aba0260c6504a1a completed March 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac43b393748190a5fa81b7ab7fa911 completed March 7, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b73ba8208190be7f3cef8c18689b completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.