Triple

T18172940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Napster E435076 entity
Predicate acquiredBy P347 FINISHED
Object Roxio
Roxio is a digital media software company best known for its CD/DVD burning and media management tools, which expanded into online music services after acquiring Napster.
E1309628 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: Roxio | Statement: [Napster, acquiredBy, Roxio]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roxio
Context triple: [Napster, acquiredBy, Roxio]
  • A. Sharman Networks
    Sharman Networks was the company behind the popular early-2000s peer-to-peer file-sharing service Kazaa, central to major legal battles over digital copyright infringement.
  • B. Apogee Software
    Apogee Software is a pioneering American video game company best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and launching influential titles in the early 1990s PC gaming era.
  • C. Avid Technology
    Avid Technology is an American company known for developing professional audio and video editing tools widely used in film, television, and music production.
  • D. PolyGram
    PolyGram was a major international music entertainment company and record label group, particularly influential in the late 20th century.
  • E. NCH
    NCH is the abbreviation for the National Council on the Humanities, a federal advisory body that supports and guides the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities in the United States.
  • 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: Roxio
Triple: [Napster, acquiredBy, Roxio]
Generated description
Roxio is a digital media software company best known for its CD/DVD burning and media management tools, which expanded into online music services after acquiring Napster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roxio
Target entity description: Roxio is a digital media software company best known for its CD/DVD burning and media management tools, which expanded into online music services after acquiring Napster.
  • A. Sharman Networks
    Sharman Networks was the company behind the popular early-2000s peer-to-peer file-sharing service Kazaa, central to major legal battles over digital copyright infringement.
  • B. Apogee Software
    Apogee Software is a pioneering American video game company best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and launching influential titles in the early 1990s PC gaming era.
  • C. Avid Technology
    Avid Technology is an American company known for developing professional audio and video editing tools widely used in film, television, and music production.
  • D. PolyGram
    PolyGram was a major international music entertainment company and record label group, particularly influential in the late 20th century.
  • E. NCH
    NCH is the abbreviation for the National Council on the Humanities, a federal advisory body that supports and guides the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities in the United States.
  • 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4df56d0a88190af3f407d2a3bb74f completed April 19, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fc899688190afcfde970a92ef75 completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03919381288190933d198a71466ccc completed May 12, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03922a2a148190917adab265da0e55 completed May 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.