Triple
T4965168
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Midland Bank |
E111505
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | HSBC Bank plc |
E448348
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: HSBC Bank plc | Statement: [Midland Bank, successor, HSBC Bank plc]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HSBC Bank plc Context triple: [Midland Bank, successor, HSBC Bank plc]
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A.
Barclays
Barclays is a major British multinational universal bank headquartered in London, known for its global retail, corporate, and investment banking services.
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B.
HSBC UK
chosen
HSBC UK is the British retail and commercial banking arm of HSBC, offering a wide range of financial services to individuals and businesses across the United Kingdom.
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C.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is one of Australia's largest multinational banking and financial services institutions, operating extensively across Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia-Pacific region.
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D.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a major Hong Kong-based banking institution and the founding member of the HSBC Group, providing a wide range of financial services across Asia and globally.
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E.
Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland is a major Scottish commercial and retail bank, historically one of the UK's largest banking institutions and now part of the NatWest Group.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd71f693b48190b3523cd314303cbe |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be92489ae481909240f2ad20637649 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.