Triple
T3710874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brother Industries |
E81406
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brother International (USA)
Brother International (USA) is the American sales, marketing, and support arm of Brother Industries, offering products such as printers, sewing machines, and office equipment across the United States.
|
E81406
|
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: Brother International (USA) | Statement: [Brother Industries, hasSubsidiary, Brother International (USA)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brother International (USA) Context triple: [Brother Industries, hasSubsidiary, Brother International (USA)]
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A.
Brother Industries
Brother Industries is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturer best known for its printers, sewing machines, and other office and industrial products.
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B.
Brother International Europe
Brother International Europe is the European sales, marketing, and support arm of Brother Industries, providing printers, multifunction devices, and related business solutions across the region.
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C.
Xerox
Xerox is an American corporation best known for pioneering photocopiers and influential computing innovations, including early graphical user interfaces and office software.
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D.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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E.
Nippon Kobo
Nippon Kobo was a Japanese design and architecture firm active in the mid-20th century, known for its collaborations with prominent modernist designers such as Charlotte Perriand.
- 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: Brother International (USA) Triple: [Brother Industries, hasSubsidiary, Brother International (USA)]
Generated description
Brother International (USA) is the American sales, marketing, and support arm of Brother Industries, offering products such as printers, sewing machines, and office equipment across the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brother International (USA) Target entity description: Brother International (USA) is the American sales, marketing, and support arm of Brother Industries, offering products such as printers, sewing machines, and office equipment across the United States.
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A.
Brother Industries
chosen
Brother Industries is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturer best known for its printers, sewing machines, and other office and industrial products.
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B.
Brother International Europe
Brother International Europe is the European sales, marketing, and support arm of Brother Industries, providing printers, multifunction devices, and related business solutions across the region.
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C.
Xerox
Xerox is an American corporation best known for pioneering photocopiers and influential computing innovations, including early graphical user interfaces and office software.
-
D.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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E.
Nippon Kobo
Nippon Kobo was a Japanese design and architecture firm active in the mid-20th century, known for its collaborations with prominent modernist designers such as Charlotte Perriand.
- F. None of above.
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_69ad8b1a81588190b3f27a5483bb610e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc584b86c8190ba1a1073da440b07 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f02784508190ac95306a7931f563 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4f159d7e88190a76d51378ba141d3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4f220f9388190b2c3615f713f01f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.