Triple

T478111
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dropbox E9104 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object Mailbox
Mailbox was a popular mobile email management app known for its innovative swipe-based interface and focus on inbox organization, later acquired by Dropbox.
 E59619 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: Mailbox | Statement: [Dropbox, acquired, Mailbox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mailbox
Context triple: [Dropbox, acquired, Mailbox]
  • A. Mail
    Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
  • B. InMail
    InMail is LinkedIn’s premium messaging tool that lets users directly contact other members they’re not connected with on the platform.
  • C. Mailer
    Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
  • D. Media Mail
    Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
  • E. POP3
    POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is a standard email protocol used by clients to retrieve messages from a remote mail server over a TCP/IP network, typically downloading them for local storage.
  • 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: Mailbox
Triple: [Dropbox, acquired, Mailbox]
Generated description
Mailbox was a popular mobile email management app known for its innovative swipe-based interface and focus on inbox organization, later acquired by Dropbox.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mailbox
Target entity description: Mailbox was a popular mobile email management app known for its innovative swipe-based interface and focus on inbox organization, later acquired by Dropbox.
  • A. Mail
    Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
  • B. InMail
    InMail is LinkedIn’s premium messaging tool that lets users directly contact other members they’re not connected with on the platform.
  • C. Mailer
    Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
  • D. Media Mail
    Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
  • E. POP3
    POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is a standard email protocol used by clients to retrieve messages from a remote mail server over a TCP/IP network, typically downloading them for local storage.
  • 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f03f3fbc81909af6e4496d5e6c2a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a46804b90881908422851eeb9bbba1 completed March 1, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a46901d5c08190af7ea8b01206505c completed March 1, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4696c35c08190890e8159983e2efb completed March 1, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.