Triple

T126205

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	United States Postal Service	`E2555`	entity
Predicate	overseenBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.	`E16182`	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: Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service | Statement: [United States Postal Service, overseenBy, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Context triple: [United States Postal Service, overseenBy, Board of Governors 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. 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.
C. 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.
D. U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. General Services Administration is a federal agency that manages government buildings, procurement, and technology services to support the operations of other U.S. government agencies.
E. 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.
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: Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Triple: [United States Postal Service, overseenBy, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]

Generated description

The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.

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

Target entity: Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Target entity description: The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.

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. 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.
C. 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.
D. U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. General Services Administration is a federal agency that manages government buildings, procurement, and technology services to support the operations of other U.S. government agencies.
E. 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.
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_69a2b4b90654819092780651ae9408e9`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a2b54973388190bd1eb424593d607a`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a2b5ab4cc481908f14b3c8274d8891`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 9:30 a.m.

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