Triple
T699787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Post Office Department |
E13972
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalSuccessor |
P3901
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Postal Service |
E2555
|
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: United States Postal Service | Statement: [Post Office Department, legalSuccessor, United States Postal Service]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Postal Service Context triple: [Post Office Department, legalSuccessor, United States Postal Service]
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A.
United States Postal Service
chosen
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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B.
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.
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C.
Post Office Department
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
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D.
Postal Operations Council
The Postal Operations Council is the executive body of the Universal Postal Union responsible for overseeing and coordinating international postal operations and technical standards among member countries.
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E.
Postal Regulatory Commission
The Postal Regulatory Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and regulates the operations, rates, and service standards of the United States Postal Service.
- 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a0dd4afc81909e4e869356006f33 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a63753a1288190babecc0c0b289e85 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.