Triple

T10187221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nichia Corporation E236941 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Nichia America Corporation
Nichia America Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Nichia Corporation, responsible for marketing, sales, and support of Nichia’s LED and optoelectronic products in the Americas.
E847179 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: Nichia America Corporation | Statement: [Nichia Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Nichia America Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nichia America Corporation
Context triple: [Nichia Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Nichia America Corporation]
  • A. Nichia Corporation
    Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical and electronics company best known as a leading manufacturer of LEDs and phosphors, including pioneering work in blue and white light-emitting diodes.
  • B. Kawada Industries
    Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
  • C. Sylvania Electric Products
    Sylvania Electric Products was a major American manufacturer of radio and television tubes, consumer electronics, and lighting products that became part of GTE through acquisition.
  • D. Hayakawa Metal Works
    Hayakawa Metal Works was the original manufacturing company founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in Japan that later evolved into the global electronics firm Sharp Corporation.
  • E. Kyocera Corporation
    Kyocera Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer known for its printers, copiers, electronic components, and industrial materials.
  • 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: Nichia America Corporation
Triple: [Nichia Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Nichia America Corporation]
Generated description
Nichia America Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Nichia Corporation, responsible for marketing, sales, and support of Nichia’s LED and optoelectronic products in the Americas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nichia America Corporation
Target entity description: Nichia America Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Nichia Corporation, responsible for marketing, sales, and support of Nichia’s LED and optoelectronic products in the Americas.
  • A. Nichia Corporation
    Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical and electronics company best known as a leading manufacturer of LEDs and phosphors, including pioneering work in blue and white light-emitting diodes.
  • B. Kawada Industries
    Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
  • C. Sylvania Electric Products
    Sylvania Electric Products was a major American manufacturer of radio and television tubes, consumer electronics, and lighting products that became part of GTE through acquisition.
  • D. Hayakawa Metal Works
    Hayakawa Metal Works was the original manufacturing company founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in Japan that later evolved into the global electronics firm Sharp Corporation.
  • E. Kyocera Corporation
    Kyocera Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer known for its printers, copiers, electronic components, and industrial materials.
  • 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cded7a7aac8190af8dcb8374e62d68 completed April 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d317adddc88190a41d0eabe64f952b completed April 6, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d31b9f32c08190af2e71641e9542b0 completed April 6, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d31c421e1081908763cc97e0b1317c completed April 6, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.