Triple

T11496729
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo) E272552 entity
Predicate affiliation P10 FINISHED
Object Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
 E929174 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: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) | Statement: [Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo), affiliation, Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
Context triple: [Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo), affiliation, Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)]
  • A. Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II
    Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was an American journalist, author, and longtime foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, known for his extensive reporting and commentary on international politics during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Times Mirror Company
    Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
  • C. Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
  • D. Tribune Company
    Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
  • E. Tribune Publications Ltd
    Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
  • 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: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
Triple: [Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo), affiliation, Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)]
Generated description
Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
Target entity description: Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
  • A. Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II
    Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was an American journalist, author, and longtime foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, known for his extensive reporting and commentary on international politics during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Times Mirror Company
    Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
  • C. Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
  • D. Tribune Company
    Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
  • E. Tribune Publications Ltd
    Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
  • 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_69d6aae1b09881909ce2ded3fa0c14fa completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d85de183f08190abfa36eaabc61dc6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e60497be2c8190a82362280e51698a completed April 20, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a6de0c8190aabda7ef7b7063a6 completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e61842b8848190b454cee480c69f7a completed April 20, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.