Triple
T7666802
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cengage Learning |
E173642
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredFrom |
P2848
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomson Corporation |
E354973
|
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: Thomson Corporation | Statement: [Cengage Learning, acquiredFrom, Thomson Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomson Corporation Context triple: [Cengage Learning, acquiredFrom, Thomson Corporation]
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A.
Thomson Corporation
chosen
Thomson Corporation was a major Canadian multinational media and information company that became one of the world’s largest providers of news and financial data before merging to form Thomson Reuters.
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B.
Thomson SA
Thomson SA was a major French electronics and media conglomerate known for its consumer electronics, broadcasting, and defense-related technologies.
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C.
Thomson
Thomson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the patronymic "son of Thomas" and borne by numerous notable figures in science, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Thompson Products
Thompson Products was an American manufacturing company best known for producing automotive and aircraft engine components and later becoming a predecessor to aerospace and defense contractor TRW Inc.
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E.
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a major late-19th-century American electrical manufacturing firm that became a key predecessor to General Electric.
- 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_69c699562484819086752091e3164a27 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701c1383c8190ab5bf803bd6211a9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8a22442dc8190a26c966e7b06f1a9 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4 p.m.