Triple
T7492338
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | US West |
E177033
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownedBrand |
P1500
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
US West Dex
US West Dex was the directory publishing and yellow pages subsidiary associated with the former U.S. telecommunications company US West.
|
E668839
|
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: US West Dex | Statement: [US West, ownedBrand, US West Dex]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US West Dex Context triple: [US West, ownedBrand, US West Dex]
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A.
South West Company
South West Company was a 19th-century American fur trading enterprise established by prominent merchant and fur magnate John Jacob Astor.
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B.
SUNW
SUNW is the former NASDAQ stock ticker symbol for Sun Microsystems, a pioneering American company in computer workstations, servers, and the development of the Java programming language.
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C.
Transamerica
Transamerica is a 2005 independent drama film about a transgender woman’s cross-country journey with her estranged son, noted for Felicity Huffman’s acclaimed lead performance.
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D.
Gulf+Western
Gulf+Western was a large American conglomerate best known for owning Paramount Pictures and diversifying across entertainment, publishing, and manufacturing in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Volacom
Volacom is a company founded by Tesla co-founder and battery technology pioneer JB Straubel, likely focused on advanced engineering and sustainable technology solutions.
- 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: US West Dex Triple: [US West, ownedBrand, US West Dex]
Generated description
US West Dex was the directory publishing and yellow pages subsidiary associated with the former U.S. telecommunications company US West.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US West Dex Target entity description: US West Dex was the directory publishing and yellow pages subsidiary associated with the former U.S. telecommunications company US West.
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A.
South West Company
South West Company was a 19th-century American fur trading enterprise established by prominent merchant and fur magnate John Jacob Astor.
-
B.
SUNW
SUNW is the former NASDAQ stock ticker symbol for Sun Microsystems, a pioneering American company in computer workstations, servers, and the development of the Java programming language.
-
C.
Transamerica
Transamerica is a 2005 independent drama film about a transgender woman’s cross-country journey with her estranged son, noted for Felicity Huffman’s acclaimed lead performance.
-
D.
Gulf+Western
Gulf+Western was a large American conglomerate best known for owning Paramount Pictures and diversifying across entertainment, publishing, and manufacturing in the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Volacom
Volacom is a company founded by Tesla co-founder and battery technology pioneer JB Straubel, likely focused on advanced engineering and sustainable technology solutions.
- 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_69c69f2583808190bd1a4936c42a5815 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f5784c908190b701959daf082625 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c83c76a8988190bb5ff21731b19d4b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c83e4052b481908df2fc43c71b3b07 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c83ed33870819094b085229376da8a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:43 p.m.