Triple

T528545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MapQuest E10977 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a major American printing and communications firm known for its long history in commercial printing, publishing services, and business communications solutions.
E66248 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: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company | Statement: [MapQuest, foundedBy, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Context triple: [MapQuest, foundedBy, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company]
  • A. International Paper
    International Paper is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp, and paper products.
  • B. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • C. Reading Company
    Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • D. Hearst Communications
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Triple: [MapQuest, foundedBy, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company]
Generated description
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a major American printing and communications firm known for its long history in commercial printing, publishing services, and business communications solutions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Target entity description: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a major American printing and communications firm known for its long history in commercial printing, publishing services, and business communications solutions.
  • A. International Paper
    International Paper is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp, and paper products.
  • B. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • C. Reading Company
    Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • D. Hearst Communications
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1d39b4c81909f265b3501b5ec1d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4b5d932c48190bba3d7a1f4eaff60 completed March 1, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4b6921a708190aa4315509594ca06 completed March 1, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4b79ec4b48190b992f642aa7cddb7 completed March 1, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.