Triple

T24445461

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	KLA Corporation	`E616389`	entity
Predicate	mergedWith	`P77`	FINISHED
Object	Tencor Instruments Tencor Instruments was a semiconductor process control and yield management equipment manufacturer that became part of KLA-Tencor following its merger with KLA Corporation.	`E1638373`	NE FINISHED

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: Tencor Instruments | Statement: [KLA Corporation, mergedWith, Tencor Instruments]

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: Tencor Instruments
Triple: [KLA Corporation, mergedWith, Tencor Instruments]

Generated description

Tencor Instruments was a semiconductor process control and yield management equipment manufacturer that became part of KLA-Tencor following its merger with KLA Corporation.

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_69e2d7edca608190aafefc8877a1b4da`	completed	April 18, 2026, 1:01 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f29852c6908190ab5186cee3693625`	completed	April 29, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0fee6d49f08190b52aba10dd725568`	completed	May 22, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0fef9b5d0081909c38c3b72b0d0304`	completed	May 22, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0ff0cecaf48190951f21afea7a103c`	completed	May 22, 2026, 5:59 a.m.

Created at: April 18, 2026, 2:17 a.m.