Triple

T19441125
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Balzers E486351 entity
Predicate hasCompany P1287 FINISHED
Object Oerlikon Balzers
Oerlikon Balzers is a global technology company specializing in advanced surface coatings and thin-film solutions for tools, components, and precision parts across various industries.
E1375108 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: Oerlikon Balzers | Statement: [Balzers, hasCompany, Oerlikon Balzers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oerlikon Balzers
Context triple: [Balzers, hasCompany, Oerlikon Balzers]
  • A. Oerlikon
    Oerlikon is a district in the north of Zurich, Switzerland, known as a major residential, commercial, and transportation hub of the city.
  • B. Oerlikon Contraves
    Oerlikon Contraves is a Swiss defense company renowned for its anti-aircraft and air-defense gun systems used by militaries worldwide.
  • C. E.S. Mittler & Sohn
    E.S. Mittler & Sohn is a historic German publishing house known for its military and technical literature.
  • D. Matheson
    Matheson is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including acclaimed American writer Richard Matheson.
  • E. Schott AG
    Schott AG is a German multinational glass and materials technology company known for its specialty glass, ceramics, and innovative solutions for industries such as optics, electronics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • 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: Oerlikon Balzers
Triple: [Balzers, hasCompany, Oerlikon Balzers]
Generated description
Oerlikon Balzers is a global technology company specializing in advanced surface coatings and thin-film solutions for tools, components, and precision parts across various industries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oerlikon Balzers
Target entity description: Oerlikon Balzers is a global technology company specializing in advanced surface coatings and thin-film solutions for tools, components, and precision parts across various industries.
  • A. Oerlikon
    Oerlikon is a district in the north of Zurich, Switzerland, known as a major residential, commercial, and transportation hub of the city.
  • B. Oerlikon Contraves
    Oerlikon Contraves is a Swiss defense company renowned for its anti-aircraft and air-defense gun systems used by militaries worldwide.
  • C. E.S. Mittler & Sohn
    E.S. Mittler & Sohn is a historic German publishing house known for its military and technical literature.
  • D. Matheson
    Matheson is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including acclaimed American writer Richard Matheson.
  • E. Schott AG
    Schott AG is a German multinational glass and materials technology company known for its specialty glass, ceramics, and innovative solutions for industries such as optics, electronics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • 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_69d8e8d7ad488190a3373045029b0f3b completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63365343081908683c29f6c4c194b completed April 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0733e22b4c8190b992da00618be661 completed May 15, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07353f35588190b7d6c1f2a34cce3c completed May 15, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0735c38b7881908489916ff2f2883e completed May 15, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.