Triple

T18616181
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Steel Corporation E455026 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object United Steel Companies
United Steel Companies was a major British steelmaking conglomerate formed in the early 20th century that became one of the country’s largest producers before its nationalisation.
E1333639 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: United Steel Companies | Statement: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, United Steel Companies]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Steel Companies
Context triple: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, United Steel Companies]
  • A. National Steel Company
    National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
  • B. Consolidated Steel Corporation
    Consolidated Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturing and shipbuilding company active in the mid-20th century, known for constructing naval vessels during World War II.
  • C. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
    Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturer that became historically significant as the company at the center of the landmark 1937 Supreme Court case NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., which upheld federal power to regulate labor relations.
  • D. Lorain Steel Company
    Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
  • E. Federal Steel Company
    Federal Steel Company was a major late-19th-century American steel producer that became one of the principal constituents of the newly formed United States Steel Corporation.
  • 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: United Steel Companies
Triple: [British Steel Corporation, predecessor, United Steel Companies]
Generated description
United Steel Companies was a major British steelmaking conglomerate formed in the early 20th century that became one of the country’s largest producers before its nationalisation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Steel Companies
Target entity description: United Steel Companies was a major British steelmaking conglomerate formed in the early 20th century that became one of the country’s largest producers before its nationalisation.
  • A. National Steel Company
    National Steel Company was a major early American steel producer that became part of the conglomerate later known as U.S. Steel.
  • B. Consolidated Steel Corporation
    Consolidated Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturing and shipbuilding company active in the mid-20th century, known for constructing naval vessels during World War II.
  • C. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
    Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation was a major American steel manufacturer that became historically significant as the company at the center of the landmark 1937 Supreme Court case NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., which upheld federal power to regulate labor relations.
  • D. Lorain Steel Company
    Lorain Steel Company was an American steel manufacturer known for operating major steelworks in Lorain, Ohio, that contributed to the region’s industrial growth.
  • E. Federal Steel Company
    Federal Steel Company was a major late-19th-century American steel producer that became one of the principal constituents of the newly formed United States Steel Corporation.
  • 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54d05da9c8190b8f4ef3a7a6deb05 completed April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05038e7a208190aa015e9241822195 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0505f288648190bfc8c9e158824767 completed May 13, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0506e170708190a34edb98447f725c completed May 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.