Triple

T1944240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CBS Studios E42026 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Viacom Productions
Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
E219669 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: Viacom Productions | Statement: [CBS Studios, predecessor, Viacom Productions]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Productions
Context triple: [CBS Studios, predecessor, Viacom Productions]
  • A. Universal Cable Productions
    Universal Cable Productions is an American television production company known for creating and developing scripted series for cable and streaming networks under the NBCUniversal umbrella.
  • B. Paramount Television Studios
    Paramount Television Studios is a major American television production company known for developing and producing scripted series for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Buena Vista Television
    Buena Vista Television was the television distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for syndicating many of its popular series and other programming.
  • E. Turner Studios
    Turner Studios is a television and film production facility and studio complex in Atlanta, Georgia, known for producing content for various Turner Broadcasting networks and partners.
  • 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: Viacom Productions
Triple: [CBS Studios, predecessor, Viacom Productions]
Generated description
Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Productions
Target entity description: Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
  • A. Universal Cable Productions
    Universal Cable Productions is an American television production company known for creating and developing scripted series for cable and streaming networks under the NBCUniversal umbrella.
  • B. Paramount Television Studios
    Paramount Television Studios is a major American television production company known for developing and producing scripted series for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Buena Vista Television
    Buena Vista Television was the television distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for syndicating many of its popular series and other programming.
  • E. Turner Studios
    Turner Studios is a television and film production facility and studio complex in Atlanta, Georgia, known for producing content for various Turner Broadcasting networks and partners.
  • 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2ff43108190af37ad12d123dcba completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbb9b594819096747b580ec18fee completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 completed March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.