Triple
T1617082
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waterloo, Ontario |
E34744
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorEmployer |
P588
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
BlackBerry Limited
BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian technology company best known for its pioneering smartphones and secure communications software.
|
E183090
|
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: BlackBerry Limited | Statement: [Waterloo, Ontario, hasMajorEmployer, BlackBerry Limited]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BlackBerry Limited Context triple: [Waterloo, Ontario, hasMajorEmployer, BlackBerry Limited]
-
A.
Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility is a consumer electronics company best known for designing and manufacturing Android smartphones and smartwatches, including devices running Google's Wear OS platform.
-
B.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
-
C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
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D.
Huawei
Huawei is a major Chinese multinational technology company best known globally for its telecommunications equipment, smartphones, and role in 5G network infrastructure.
-
E.
Northern Telecom
Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
- 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: BlackBerry Limited Triple: [Waterloo, Ontario, hasMajorEmployer, BlackBerry Limited]
Generated description
BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian technology company best known for its pioneering smartphones and secure communications software.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BlackBerry Limited Target entity description: BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian technology company best known for its pioneering smartphones and secure communications software.
-
A.
Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility is a consumer electronics company best known for designing and manufacturing Android smartphones and smartwatches, including devices running Google's Wear OS platform.
-
B.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
-
C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
-
D.
Huawei
Huawei is a major Chinese multinational technology company best known globally for its telecommunications equipment, smartphones, and role in 5G network infrastructure.
-
E.
Northern Telecom
Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
- 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a909abbec081908f95547471530ad5 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51cf7b7c8190847ab6795fb5613b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad52dee83c819080b58e67dcd7bb2b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad534ab0d88190acaa8a5e66fcb0d6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.