Triple
T805302
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | AltaVista |
E17416
|
entity |
| Predicate | competitor |
P1375
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lycos
Lycos is an early web search engine and internet portal that was popular in the 1990s alongside rivals like AltaVista and Yahoo.
|
E96745
|
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: Lycos | Statement: [AltaVista, competitor, Lycos]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lycos Context triple: [AltaVista, competitor, Lycos]
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A.
AltaVista
AltaVista was one of the earliest and most popular web search engines of the 1990s, known for its fast, comprehensive internet search before being eclipsed by later competitors.
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B.
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
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C.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
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E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- 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: Lycos Triple: [AltaVista, competitor, Lycos]
Generated description
Lycos is an early web search engine and internet portal that was popular in the 1990s alongside rivals like AltaVista and Yahoo.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lycos Target entity description: Lycos is an early web search engine and internet portal that was popular in the 1990s alongside rivals like AltaVista and Yahoo.
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A.
AltaVista
AltaVista was one of the earliest and most popular web search engines of the 1990s, known for its fast, comprehensive internet search before being eclipsed by later competitors.
-
B.
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.
-
C.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
-
D.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
-
E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- 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_69a4937ae8a08190b5084a03d532b30e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4aabff3d88190bec4299fa0d87df0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d83cf448190a2205cd777386833 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a77fca11a88190ac74840fc6678cc4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7805555388190a22fa3000eb2a717 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.