Triple

T126204

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	United States Postal Service	`E2555`	entity
Predicate	regulator	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Postal Regulatory Commission The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and regulates the operations, rates, and service standards of the United States Postal Service.	`E15568`	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: Postal Regulatory Commission | Statement: [United States Postal Service, regulator, Postal Regulatory Commission]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Postal Regulatory Commission
Context triple: [United States Postal Service, regulator, Postal Regulatory Commission]

A. United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
B. Post Office Department
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
C. Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union is a specialized United Nations agency that coordinates international postal policies and services among member countries to ensure a unified global mail system.
D. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
E. United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
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: Postal Regulatory Commission
Triple: [United States Postal Service, regulator, Postal Regulatory Commission]

Generated description

The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and regulates the operations, rates, and service standards of the United States Postal Service.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Postal Regulatory Commission
Target entity description: The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and regulates the operations, rates, and service standards of the United States Postal Service.

A. United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
B. Post Office Department
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
C. Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union is a specialized United Nations agency that coordinates international postal policies and services among member countries to ensure a unified global mail system.
D. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
E. United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a25760af348190bf402089c240887d`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a2b01814e88190a21f98527b8f9420`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a2b0820abc8190b495c6347c989882`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a2b0db1180819096f569241e07de3b`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:09 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.