Triple

T11957974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foundation E284599 entity
Predicate includesType P121 FINISHED
Object NSFormatter
NSFormatter is an abstract Foundation class in Apple’s frameworks used to convert between user-readable text and underlying data values such as numbers, dates, and other formatted content.
E956178 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: NSFormatter | Statement: [Foundation, includesType, NSFormatter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFormatter
Context triple: [Foundation, includesType, NSFormatter]
  • A. NSDateFormatter
    NSDateFormatter is a Foundation framework class in Apple’s platforms used to convert between NSDate objects and their string representations according to specified date and time formats and locales.
  • B. NSDateComponents
    NSDateComponents is a Foundation framework class in Apple’s platforms that represents the individual components (such as year, month, day, hour, and minute) of a date and time, used for date calculations and calendar operations.
  • C. NSCalendar
    NSCalendar is an Objective-C Foundation framework class that provides an interface for working with dates and times according to different calendar systems, enabling operations like date calculation, comparison, and component extraction.
  • D. System.IFormatProvider
    System.IFormatProvider is a .NET interface that supplies culture-specific formatting information for converting values to and from their string representations.
  • E. NSText
    NSText is a fundamental Cocoa text-handling class in macOS development that provides the basic infrastructure for displaying, editing, and managing text in Application Kit–based applications.
  • 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: NSFormatter
Triple: [Foundation, includesType, NSFormatter]
Generated description
NSFormatter is an abstract Foundation class in Apple’s frameworks used to convert between user-readable text and underlying data values such as numbers, dates, and other formatted content.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSFormatter
Target entity description: NSFormatter is an abstract Foundation class in Apple’s frameworks used to convert between user-readable text and underlying data values such as numbers, dates, and other formatted content.
  • A. NSDateFormatter
    NSDateFormatter is a Foundation framework class in Apple’s platforms used to convert between NSDate objects and their string representations according to specified date and time formats and locales.
  • B. NSDateComponents
    NSDateComponents is a Foundation framework class in Apple’s platforms that represents the individual components (such as year, month, day, hour, and minute) of a date and time, used for date calculations and calendar operations.
  • C. NSCalendar
    NSCalendar is an Objective-C Foundation framework class that provides an interface for working with dates and times according to different calendar systems, enabling operations like date calculation, comparison, and component extraction.
  • D. System.IFormatProvider
    System.IFormatProvider is a .NET interface that supplies culture-specific formatting information for converting values to and from their string representations.
  • E. NSText
    NSText is a fundamental Cocoa text-handling class in macOS development that provides the basic infrastructure for displaying, editing, and managing text in Application Kit–based applications.
  • 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_69d6ab2db38c8190b1f0ed6663ef8ada completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903681a00819098c2b5260e2ef834 completed April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f459210d1c8190953cd01da3d2ad04 completed May 1, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645ef63881909b46937f73d637a3 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f465be4db08190882898a17d077019 completed May 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.