Triple
T1452776
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The New York Times Company |
E31330
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The New York Times Sales, Inc.
The New York Times Sales, Inc. is a corporate subsidiary responsible for managing advertising and related commercial sales activities for The New York Times Company.
|
E31330
|
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: The New York Times Sales, Inc. | Statement: [The New York Times Company, hasSubsidiary, The New York Times Sales, Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New York Times Sales, Inc. Context triple: [The New York Times Company, hasSubsidiary, The New York Times Sales, Inc.]
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A.
The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
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B.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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C.
The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
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D.
Hearst
Hearst is a small, predominantly Francophone town in northern Ontario, Canada, known for its forestry industry and strong French-Canadian cultural presence.
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E.
Frank A. Munsey Company
Frank A. Munsey Company was an American publishing firm best known for pioneering pulp magazines and mass-market fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: The New York Times Sales, Inc. Triple: [The New York Times Company, hasSubsidiary, The New York Times Sales, Inc.]
Generated description
The New York Times Sales, Inc. is a corporate subsidiary responsible for managing advertising and related commercial sales activities for The New York Times Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New York Times Sales, Inc. Target entity description: The New York Times Sales, Inc. is a corporate subsidiary responsible for managing advertising and related commercial sales activities for The New York Times Company.
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A.
The New York Times Company
chosen
The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
-
B.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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C.
The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
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D.
Hearst
Hearst is a small, predominantly Francophone town in northern Ontario, Canada, known for its forestry industry and strong French-Canadian cultural presence.
-
E.
Frank A. Munsey Company
Frank A. Munsey Company was an American publishing firm best known for pioneering pulp magazines and mass-market fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above.
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_69a499171a28819085b993a3ac78e363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c57d34cc8190801b769d9d9b2e2e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad08c6f7c881908d1ef9f7897895a6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad0a53fa6c8190bc44e8a3f9aec62f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0aefb1c88190a368d68454a0b9d0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.