Triple

T18616203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Steel Corporation E455026 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object British Steel plc
British Steel plc was a major UK steel producer formed from the privatization of the state-owned British Steel Corporation in the late 1980s.
E455026 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: British Steel plc | Statement: [British Steel Corporation, successor, British Steel plc]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Steel plc
Context triple: [British Steel Corporation, successor, British Steel plc]
  • A. British Steel Corporation
    British Steel Corporation was the former state-owned steel producer in the United Kingdom, created in 1967 by nationalizing major steel companies before later being privatized.
  • B. English Steel Corporation
    English Steel Corporation was a major British steelmaking company formed in the early 20th century that later became part of the nationalized British Steel industry.
  • C. Steel Company of Wales
    The Steel Company of Wales was a major mid-20th-century Welsh steel producer that played a central role in the development of the British steel industry before its assets were absorbed into the nationalized sector.
  • D. Tata Steel
    Tata Steel is one of India’s largest and oldest steel manufacturing companies, known for its integrated steel plants, global operations, and pioneering role in the country’s industrial development.
  • E. Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
    The Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain was a nationalized holding body that owned and managed most of the British iron and steel industry in the early postwar period.
  • 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: British Steel plc
Triple: [British Steel Corporation, successor, British Steel plc]
Generated description
British Steel plc was a major UK steel producer formed from the privatization of the state-owned British Steel Corporation in the late 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Steel plc
Target entity description: British Steel plc was a major UK steel producer formed from the privatization of the state-owned British Steel Corporation in the late 1980s.
  • A. British Steel Corporation chosen
    British Steel Corporation was the former state-owned steel producer in the United Kingdom, created in 1967 by nationalizing major steel companies before later being privatized.
  • B. English Steel Corporation
    English Steel Corporation was a major British steelmaking company formed in the early 20th century that later became part of the nationalized British Steel industry.
  • C. Steel Company of Wales
    The Steel Company of Wales was a major mid-20th-century Welsh steel producer that played a central role in the development of the British steel industry before its assets were absorbed into the nationalized sector.
  • D. Tata Steel
    Tata Steel is one of India’s largest and oldest steel manufacturing companies, known for its integrated steel plants, global operations, and pioneering role in the country’s industrial development.
  • E. Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
    The Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain was a nationalized holding body that owned and managed most of the British iron and steel industry in the early postwar period.
  • 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_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_6a05171182188190ba005ac35d530fe4 completed May 14, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a051b5d1a4081909c261fe9fa75cd4e completed May 14, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a051bd7fc988190937f57fc24082732 completed May 14, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.