Triple

T5979562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Monsanto Company E133083 entity
Predicate notableBrand P1500 FINISHED
Object DEKALB
DEKALB is a well-known agricultural seed brand, particularly recognized for its hybrid corn products, owned by Monsanto (now part of Bayer).
E558521 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: DEKALB | Statement: [Monsanto Company, notableBrand, DEKALB]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEKALB
Context triple: [Monsanto Company, notableBrand, DEKALB]
  • A. DeKalb
    DeKalb is a city in northern Illinois known for hosting Northern Illinois University and having historical ties to agriculture and barbed wire manufacturing.
  • B. Decatur
    Decatur is a historic, densely populated small city in DeKalb County, Georgia, known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and close proximity to Atlanta.
  • C. Decatur
    Decatur is a city in northern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role as an industrial and transportation hub.
  • D. Oakton
    Oakton is a suburban community in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its residential neighborhoods, good schools, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
  • E. DeKalb County
    DeKalb County is a county in northeastern Alabama known for its mountainous terrain, including parts of Lookout Mountain and Little River Canyon National Preserve.
  • 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: DEKALB
Triple: [Monsanto Company, notableBrand, DEKALB]
Generated description
DEKALB is a well-known agricultural seed brand, particularly recognized for its hybrid corn products, owned by Monsanto (now part of Bayer).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DEKALB
Target entity description: DEKALB is a well-known agricultural seed brand, particularly recognized for its hybrid corn products, owned by Monsanto (now part of Bayer).
  • A. DeKalb
    DeKalb is a city in northern Illinois known for hosting Northern Illinois University and having historical ties to agriculture and barbed wire manufacturing.
  • B. Decatur
    Decatur is a historic, densely populated small city in DeKalb County, Georgia, known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and close proximity to Atlanta.
  • C. Decatur
    Decatur is a city in northern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role as an industrial and transportation hub.
  • D. Oakton
    Oakton is a suburban community in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its residential neighborhoods, good schools, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
  • E. DeKalb County
    DeKalb County is a county in northeastern Alabama known for its mountainous terrain, including parts of Lookout Mountain and Little River Canyon National Preserve.
  • 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_69c0086f45e8819098f73dd16d45ec9d completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c04a40233081909c04f62ec0382bfd completed March 22, 2026, 8 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e41d23848190bc7835eb6313b6a5 completed March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0e6b43d008190b4a1653fe7a07dc9 completed March 23, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0eaafaf7c8190875bf892765664f1 completed March 23, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:04 p.m.