Triple
T3306590
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Koichi Tanaka |
E69464
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shimadzu Corporation
Shimadzu Corporation is a Japanese multinational company specializing in precision instruments, analytical and measuring equipment, and medical systems.
|
E347234
|
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: Shimadzu Corporation | Statement: [Koichi Tanaka, employer, Shimadzu Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shimadzu Corporation Context triple: [Koichi Tanaka, employer, Shimadzu Corporation]
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A.
Hach Company
Hach Company is a manufacturer of analytical instruments and reagents specializing in water quality testing and analysis for environmental, industrial, and municipal applications.
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B.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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C.
Ibuka Laboratory
Ibuka Laboratory was an electronics research workshop in postwar Tokyo that became the foundation for what would later grow into Sony.
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D.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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E.
Takenaka Corporation
Takenaka Corporation is a major Japanese architecture, engineering, and construction firm known for designing and building prominent structures domestically and internationally.
- 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: Shimadzu Corporation Triple: [Koichi Tanaka, employer, Shimadzu Corporation]
Generated description
Shimadzu Corporation is a Japanese multinational company specializing in precision instruments, analytical and measuring equipment, and medical systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shimadzu Corporation Target entity description: Shimadzu Corporation is a Japanese multinational company specializing in precision instruments, analytical and measuring equipment, and medical systems.
-
A.
Hach Company
Hach Company is a manufacturer of analytical instruments and reagents specializing in water quality testing and analysis for environmental, industrial, and municipal applications.
-
B.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
-
C.
Ibuka Laboratory
Ibuka Laboratory was an electronics research workshop in postwar Tokyo that became the foundation for what would later grow into Sony.
-
D.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
-
E.
Sankyo Company
Sankyo Company is a Japanese pharmaceutical firm known for its role in developing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and later becoming part of Daiichi Sankyo.
- 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_69ad859f218081909458d2cebbf57565 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb0caa0988190872fc7648e64571f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2f3ea2ac88190ad2258f128a08f4f |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2fa0ed27c8190a32c153b44b7b2dd |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b312b6e224819080957998acbed524 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.