Triple

T590826
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bank of Scotland E17265 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object HBOS
HBOS was a major UK banking and insurance group formed in 2001 by the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, later acquired by Lloyds TSB during the 2008 financial crisis.
 E74060 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: HBOS | Statement: [Bank of Scotland, predecessor, HBOS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: HBOS
Context triple: [Bank of Scotland, predecessor, HBOS]
  • A. Clydesdale Bank
    Clydesdale Bank is a Scottish commercial bank, founded in the 19th century, known as one of the traditional note-issuing banks in Scotland.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Principality Building Society
    Principality Building Society is a major Welsh financial institution and building society known for providing mortgages, savings, and other banking services, and for its prominent sports sponsorships.
  • D. Macclesfield Bank
    Macclesfield Bank is a large, mostly submerged atoll in the South China Sea, known for its extensive coral reefs and strategic maritime location.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: HBOS
Triple: [Bank of Scotland, predecessor, HBOS]
Generated description
HBOS was a major UK banking and insurance group formed in 2001 by the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, later acquired by Lloyds TSB during the 2008 financial crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: HBOS
Target entity description: HBOS was a major UK banking and insurance group formed in 2001 by the merger of Halifax and Bank of Scotland, later acquired by Lloyds TSB during the 2008 financial crisis.
  • A. Clydesdale Bank
    Clydesdale Bank is a Scottish commercial bank, founded in the 19th century, known as one of the traditional note-issuing banks in Scotland.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Principality Building Society
    Principality Building Society is a major Welsh financial institution and building society known for providing mortgages, savings, and other banking services, and for its prominent sports sponsorships.
  • D. Macclesfield Bank
    Macclesfield Bank is a large, mostly submerged atoll in the South China Sea, known for its extensive coral reefs and strategic maritime location.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49bb8ff0081909cd53d88930e2693 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a51554857481909c684b86b51aa126 completed March 2, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5163b240881909672bf4bc2ebe9cf completed March 2, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a516a1e6508190a7ecb801f5080ddd completed March 2, 2026, 4:48 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.