Triple

T395087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Telecom E8965 entity
Predicate parentCompany P254 FINISHED
Object BCE Inc.
BCE Inc. is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company best known as the parent of Bell Canada and various broadcasting and digital media assets.
 E49798 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: BCE Inc. | Statement: [Northern Telecom, parentCompany, BCE Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BCE Inc.
Context triple: [Northern Telecom, parentCompany, BCE Inc.]
  • A. BEA
    BEA is a U.S. government agency that produces key economic statistics, including measures of national income, output, and growth.
  • B. Pella Corporation
    Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Carrier Corporation
    Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
  • E. DEKA Research & Development Corporation
    DEKA Research & Development Corporation is an engineering and technology company known for developing innovative medical devices and advanced technologies under the leadership of inventor Dean Kamen.
  • 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: BCE Inc.
Triple: [Northern Telecom, parentCompany, BCE Inc.]
Generated description
BCE Inc. is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company best known as the parent of Bell Canada and various broadcasting and digital media assets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BCE Inc.
Target entity description: BCE Inc. is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company best known as the parent of Bell Canada and various broadcasting and digital media assets.
  • A. BEA
    BEA is a U.S. government agency that produces key economic statistics, including measures of national income, output, and growth.
  • B. Pella Corporation
    Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Carrier Corporation
    Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
  • E. DEKA Research & Development Corporation
    DEKA Research & Development Corporation is an engineering and technology company known for developing innovative medical devices and advanced technologies under the leadership of inventor Dean Kamen.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec792dd081909b6b18a854139f8c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a405fa43448190b3e78d83e791b105 completed March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4070f76308190bd898dcdb27f3277 completed March 1, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40794523081908839f90446beba83 completed March 1, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.