Triple
T4187679
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Truist Financial |
E88352
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
BB&T
BB&T was a major American regional bank headquartered in North Carolina that became part of Truist Financial following its merger with SunTrust.
|
E419574
|
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: BB&T | Statement: [Truist Financial, formedByMergerOf, BB&T]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BB&T Context triple: [Truist Financial, formedByMergerOf, BB&T]
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A.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the largest multinational banking and financial services corporations in the United States, offering a wide range of consumer, corporate, and investment banking products globally.
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B.
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is a large American multinational financial services company and one of the biggest banks in the United States.
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C.
Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a large U.S. financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, known for its commercial banking, wealth management, and retail banking operations.
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D.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank is a major American financial services company and one of the largest commercial banks in the United States.
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E.
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
- 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: BB&T Triple: [Truist Financial, formedByMergerOf, BB&T]
Generated description
BB&T was a major American regional bank headquartered in North Carolina that became part of Truist Financial following its merger with SunTrust.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BB&T Target entity description: BB&T was a major American regional bank headquartered in North Carolina that became part of Truist Financial following its merger with SunTrust.
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A.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the largest multinational banking and financial services corporations in the United States, offering a wide range of consumer, corporate, and investment banking products globally.
-
B.
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo is a large American multinational financial services company and one of the biggest banks in the United States.
-
C.
Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a large U.S. financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, known for its commercial banking, wealth management, and retail banking operations.
-
D.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank is a major American financial services company and one of the largest commercial banks in the United States.
-
E.
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
- 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_69aed9477e8c81908bcb862d2db55b1d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af0325a82c8190849d8a828e2c7b44 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b58a034f6481909a3126d8832f7821 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b58abc256c8190ad37c8d213b8f11e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b58b41916c81909eb2e5ab482a5fe1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.