Triple
T837247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Post Office |
E18095
|
entity |
| Predicate | subsidiary |
P258
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Post Office Counters
Post Office Counters is the retail network arm of the British postal system, operating post office branches that provide mail, financial, and government services to the public.
|
E18095
|
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: Post Office Counters | Statement: [British Post Office, subsidiary, Post Office Counters]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Post Office Counters Context triple: [British Post Office, subsidiary, Post Office Counters]
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A.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Hay Post Office
Hay Post Office is a historic postal building in the town of Hay, New South Wales, recognized for its heritage architectural and cultural significance.
- 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: Post Office Counters Triple: [British Post Office, subsidiary, Post Office Counters]
Generated description
Post Office Counters is the retail network arm of the British postal system, operating post office branches that provide mail, financial, and government services to the public.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Post Office Counters Target entity description: Post Office Counters is the retail network arm of the British postal system, operating post office branches that provide mail, financial, and government services to the public.
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A.
British Post Office
chosen
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
-
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.
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Hay Post Office
Hay Post Office is a historic postal building in the town of Hay, New South Wales, recognized for its heritage architectural and cultural significance.
- 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abcf69888190b342363978273ae2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d9cddb48190b0d297c2cc9f3b3c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a78e21f4ec81909bd9904554eb3f3f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a78ea8b5e481908aac07fe90017986 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 1:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.