Triple
T10237444
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Dutch Shell |
E243501
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shell Transport and Trading Company
Shell Transport and Trading Company was a major British oil and gas enterprise that became one of the two parent companies forming the global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell.
|
E851575
|
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: Shell Transport and Trading Company | Statement: [Royal Dutch Shell, foundedBy, Shell Transport and Trading Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell Transport and Trading Company Context triple: [Royal Dutch Shell, foundedBy, Shell Transport and Trading Company]
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A.
Aramco Trading Company
Aramco Trading Company is the global trading arm of Saudi Aramco, responsible for marketing and trading crude oil, refined products, and related energy commodities.
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B.
Kuwait Oil Company
Kuwait Oil Company is a major state-owned petroleum company in Kuwait responsible for the exploration, drilling, and production of the country’s oil and gas resources.
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C.
Arabian Gulf Oil Company
Arabian Gulf Oil Company is a major Libyan state-owned oil producer and operator responsible for significant exploration and production activities, particularly in the eastern region of the country.
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D.
Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is a major American oil and gas company and the U.S.-based subsidiary of the global energy conglomerate Royal Dutch Shell.
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E.
Shell Petroleum Development Company
Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
- 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: Shell Transport and Trading Company Triple: [Royal Dutch Shell, foundedBy, Shell Transport and Trading Company]
Generated description
Shell Transport and Trading Company was a major British oil and gas enterprise that became one of the two parent companies forming the global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell Transport and Trading Company Target entity description: Shell Transport and Trading Company was a major British oil and gas enterprise that became one of the two parent companies forming the global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell.
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A.
Aramco Trading Company
Aramco Trading Company is the global trading arm of Saudi Aramco, responsible for marketing and trading crude oil, refined products, and related energy commodities.
-
B.
Kuwait Oil Company
Kuwait Oil Company is a major state-owned petroleum company in Kuwait responsible for the exploration, drilling, and production of the country’s oil and gas resources.
-
C.
Arabian Gulf Oil Company
Arabian Gulf Oil Company is a major Libyan state-owned oil producer and operator responsible for significant exploration and production activities, particularly in the eastern region of the country.
-
D.
Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is a major American oil and gas company and the U.S.-based subsidiary of the global energy conglomerate Royal Dutch Shell.
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E.
Shell Petroleum Development Company
Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
- 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_69d381b0f97c819085c9b45799a5fb7c |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d21b64c88190b708c20ca7fe20aa |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f76ca8848190a49d7dc76cf9dd35 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fa2ea97081908395048218c0592b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d6fcb5dc4c8190944a423a9d16a4b8 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:23 a.m.