Triple

T7942275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AECOM E184417 entity
Predicate hasPredecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)
Ashland Technology Corporation was an early corporate predecessor that formed part of the original organizational structure from which the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM later emerged.
 E697282 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: Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components) | Statement: [AECOM, hasPredecessor, Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)
Context triple: [AECOM, hasPredecessor, Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)]
  • A. AECOM
    AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm that provides architecture, engineering, construction management, and related professional services for large-scale public and private projects.
  • B. CH2M Hill
    CH2M Hill was a global engineering and construction firm known for its large-scale infrastructure, environmental, and transportation projects.
  • C. Aurecon
    Aurecon is a global engineering, design, and advisory company known for delivering complex infrastructure and building projects across sectors such as transport, energy, and urban development.
  • D. Environmental Tectonics Corporation
    Environmental Tectonics Corporation is a technology company specializing in simulation, training, and environmental control systems, particularly for aerospace, defense, and medical applications.
  • E. HNTB
    HNTB is a prominent American architecture, engineering, and planning firm known for designing major sports venues and transportation infrastructure projects.
  • 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: Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)
Triple: [AECOM, hasPredecessor, Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)]
Generated description
Ashland Technology Corporation was an early corporate predecessor that formed part of the original organizational structure from which the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM later emerged.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ashland Technology Corporation (AECOM’s original corporate structure components)
Target entity description: Ashland Technology Corporation was an early corporate predecessor that formed part of the original organizational structure from which the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM later emerged.
  • A. AECOM
    AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm that provides architecture, engineering, construction management, and related professional services for large-scale public and private projects.
  • B. CH2M Hill
    CH2M Hill was a global engineering and construction firm known for its large-scale infrastructure, environmental, and transportation projects.
  • C. Aurecon
    Aurecon is a global engineering, design, and advisory company known for delivering complex infrastructure and building projects across sectors such as transport, energy, and urban development.
  • D. Environmental Tectonics Corporation
    Environmental Tectonics Corporation is a technology company specializing in simulation, training, and environmental control systems, particularly for aerospace, defense, and medical applications.
  • E. HNTB
    HNTB is a prominent American architecture, engineering, and planning firm known for designing major sports venues and transportation infrastructure projects.
  • 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_69ca8291c2008190b1b8832c87814bcf completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3b0c16b8819093c5d1719cd65ee3 completed March 31, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5c1265008190a97ccedf92f9234e completed March 31, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5f23d11c8190a29f28337f1db419 completed March 31, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb76d2dff8819085ad9e10baad1537 completed March 31, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:09 p.m.