Triple

T756509

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Postal Regulatory Commission	`E15568`	entity
Predicate	hasPredecessor	`P97`	FINISHED
Object	Postal Rate Commission The Postal Rate Commission was the former independent U.S. federal agency responsible for reviewing and recommending postal rates and classifications before being restructured as the Postal Regulatory Commission.	`E15568`	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: Postal Rate Commission | Statement: [Postal Regulatory Commission, hasPredecessor, Postal Rate Commission]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Postal Rate Commission
Context triple: [Postal Regulatory Commission, hasPredecessor, Postal Rate Commission]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. United States Postal Service
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Postal Rate Commission
Triple: [Postal Regulatory Commission, hasPredecessor, Postal Rate Commission]

Generated description

The Postal Rate Commission was the former independent U.S. federal agency responsible for reviewing and recommending postal rates and classifications before being restructured as the Postal Regulatory Commission.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Postal Rate Commission
Target entity description: The Postal Rate Commission was the former independent U.S. federal agency responsible for reviewing and recommending postal rates and classifications before being restructured as the Postal Regulatory Commission.

A. Postal Regulatory Commission chosen
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.
B. 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.
C. United States Postal Service
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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above.

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_69a493599a0081908da65f3407af1ef2`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4a66ab4608190afcd81e6606c5116`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a76d78649c8190969a3c0c2b5a8e4d`	completed	March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a78cae18fc81908fabe38c97b71184`	completed	March 4, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a78d2f349081908273db1e68b7f15e`	completed	March 4, 2026, 1:38 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.