Triple
T22504666
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Veolia Environnement S.A. |
E556357
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPredecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Compagnie Générale des Eaux |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Compagnie Générale des Eaux | Statement: [Veolia Environnement S.A., hasPredecessor, Compagnie Générale des Eaux]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Compagnie Générale des Eaux Context triple: [Veolia Environnement S.A., hasPredecessor, Compagnie Générale des Eaux]
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A.
Compagnie Générale des Eaux
chosen
Compagnie Générale des Eaux was a major French utilities company, historically focused on water services, that evolved into the multinational environmental services group now known as Veolia.
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B.
Dalkia
Dalkia is a French energy services company specializing in energy efficiency, district heating and cooling, and sustainable energy solutions for buildings and industry.
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C.
GDF Suez
GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
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D.
Compagnie Renaud-Barrault
Compagnie Renaud-Barrault was a renowned French theatre company led by actor-director Jean-Louis Barrault and actress Madeleine Renaud, celebrated for its innovative and influential productions in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Compagnie Générale d’Electricité
Compagnie Générale d’Electricité was a major French industrial and electronics conglomerate that played a central role in the country’s telecommunications and electrical engineering sectors during much of the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e11e555edc81909ca803587dafd747 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15d5ac5808190a66f9111c350f4dc |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:50 p.m.