Triple
T10237454
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Dutch Shell |
E243501
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shell Canada
Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company operating in Canada, involved in exploration, production, refining, and marketing of petroleum and related energy products.
|
E851576
|
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 Canada | Statement: [Royal Dutch Shell, hasSubsidiary, Shell Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell Canada Context triple: [Royal Dutch Shell, hasSubsidiary, Shell Canada]
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A.
Chevron Canada
Chevron Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company involved in exploration, production, and development projects, including offshore operations.
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B.
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company, formerly a federal Crown corporation, involved in petroleum exploration, production, refining, and retail operations across Canada.
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C.
Syncrude Canada
Syncrude Canada is one of the largest oil sands producers in Canada, operating major mining and upgrading facilities in northern Alberta.
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D.
Cenovus Energy
Cenovus Energy is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company known for its large-scale oil sands operations and significant role in Alberta’s energy sector.
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E.
Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy is a Canadian integrated energy company best known as one of the largest oil sands producers and a major player in the country’s petroleum industry.
- 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 Canada Triple: [Royal Dutch Shell, hasSubsidiary, Shell Canada]
Generated description
Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company operating in Canada, involved in exploration, production, refining, and marketing of petroleum and related energy products.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell Canada Target entity description: Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company operating in Canada, involved in exploration, production, refining, and marketing of petroleum and related energy products.
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A.
Chevron Canada
Chevron Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company involved in exploration, production, and development projects, including offshore operations.
-
B.
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company, formerly a federal Crown corporation, involved in petroleum exploration, production, refining, and retail operations across Canada.
-
C.
Syncrude Canada
Syncrude Canada is one of the largest oil sands producers in Canada, operating major mining and upgrading facilities in northern Alberta.
-
D.
Cenovus Energy
Cenovus Energy is a Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company known for its large-scale oil sands operations and significant role in Alberta’s energy sector.
-
E.
Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy is a Canadian integrated energy company best known as one of the largest oil sands producers and a major player in the country’s petroleum industry.
- 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.