Triple
T19687076
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Imperial Chemical Industries |
E472738
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United Alkali Company
United Alkali Company was a major British chemical manufacturer that became one of the key constituents in the 1926 formation of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
|
E1390416
|
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 Alkali Company | Statement: [Imperial Chemical Industries, formedByMergerOf, United Alkali Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Alkali Company Context triple: [Imperial Chemical Industries, formedByMergerOf, United Alkali Company]
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A.
Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries was a major British chemical company that became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemicals, polymers, and related products during the 20th century.
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B.
Pemberton Chemical Company
Pemberton Chemical Company was a pharmaceutical and chemical business founded and operated by John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of the original Coca-Cola formula.
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C.
Rohm and Haas
Rohm and Haas is a specialty chemicals company known for producing advanced materials and chemical products used in coatings, electronics, and industrial applications.
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D.
Nalco Company
Nalco Company is a global water treatment and process improvement firm known for producing industrial chemicals, including the oil spill dispersant Corexit 9500A.
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E.
Hindustan Salts Limited
Hindustan Salts Limited is an Indian government-owned company engaged in the production and distribution of salt and related products.
- 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 Alkali Company Triple: [Imperial Chemical Industries, formedByMergerOf, United Alkali Company]
Generated description
United Alkali Company was a major British chemical manufacturer that became one of the key constituents in the 1926 formation of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Alkali Company Target entity description: United Alkali Company was a major British chemical manufacturer that became one of the key constituents in the 1926 formation of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).
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A.
Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries was a major British chemical company that became one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemicals, polymers, and related products during the 20th century.
-
B.
Pemberton Chemical Company
Pemberton Chemical Company was a pharmaceutical and chemical business founded and operated by John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of the original Coca-Cola formula.
-
C.
Rohm and Haas
Rohm and Haas is a specialty chemicals company known for producing advanced materials and chemical products used in coatings, electronics, and industrial applications.
-
D.
Nalco Company
Nalco Company is a global water treatment and process improvement firm known for producing industrial chemicals, including the oil spill dispersant Corexit 9500A.
-
E.
Hindustan Salts Limited
Hindustan Salts Limited is an Indian government-owned company engaged in the production and distribution of salt and related products.
- 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6420c3f50819082b64b1fa4335e56 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0787cb199c8190ac46595fab1fadf1 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0788f2a2a88190abeb32e0f1b76702 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0789e3e1d48190a2f643a997e7ff02 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 9:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.