Triple

T12514092
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject name service switch E299153 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object NSS
NSS (Name Service Switch) is a Unix-like operating system facility that determines how various system databases and name resolution mechanisms (such as users, hosts, and networks) are queried and combined.
 E987928 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: NSS | Statement: [name service switch, alsoKnownAs, NSS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NSS
Context triple: [name service switch, alsoKnownAs, NSS]
  • A. NSS
    The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) is a periodic policy document that outlines the U.S. government's overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to global challenges.
  • B. NSS
    NSS is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Natural and Social Sciences, an academic division focused on disciplines spanning the natural and social sciences.
  • C. NSS
    NSS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest judicial authority for administrative law matters.
  • D. NNS
    NNS is the commonly used abbreviation for Newport News Shipbuilding, a major American shipyard known for constructing U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and submarines.
  • E. NAS
    NAS (Nuclei Antisofisticazioni e Sanità) is a specialized unit of the Italian Carabinieri responsible for protecting public health by combating food, pharmaceutical, and health-related fraud and violations.
  • 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: NSS
Triple: [name service switch, alsoKnownAs, NSS]
Generated description
NSS (Name Service Switch) is a Unix-like operating system facility that determines how various system databases and name resolution mechanisms (such as users, hosts, and networks) are queried and combined.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: NSS
Target entity description: NSS (Name Service Switch) is a Unix-like operating system facility that determines how various system databases and name resolution mechanisms (such as users, hosts, and networks) are queried and combined.
  • A. NSS
    The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) is a periodic policy document that outlines the U.S. government's overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to global challenges.
  • B. NSS
    NSS is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Natural and Social Sciences, an academic division focused on disciplines spanning the natural and social sciences.
  • C. NSS
    NSS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, the country's highest judicial authority for administrative law matters.
  • D. NNS
    NNS is the commonly used abbreviation for Newport News Shipbuilding, a major American shipyard known for constructing U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and submarines.
  • E. NAS
    NAS (Nuclei Antisofisticazioni e Sanità) is a specialized unit of the Italian Carabinieri responsible for protecting public health by combating food, pharmaceutical, and health-related fraud and violations.
  • 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9541e752c8190bf12d2b5a37b53df completed April 10, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64bbba5fc819082a4171a5a77183a completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64d15a97c81909046190f0d0fd986 completed May 2, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64e6d311c8190b851b89e394165d0 completed May 2, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.