Triple

T1180122
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canadian Airlines E25115 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Nordair
Nordair was a former Canadian regional airline that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly in northern and remote areas, before being absorbed into larger national carriers.
E141533 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: Nordair | Statement: [Canadian Airlines, predecessor, Nordair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nordair
Context triple: [Canadian Airlines, predecessor, Nordair]
  • A. Canadian Pacific Air Lines
    Canadian Pacific Air Lines was a major Canadian airline that operated extensive domestic and international routes before becoming a key component of the later Canadian Airlines through merger.
  • B. Canadian Airlines
    Canadian Airlines was a former major Canadian carrier that operated extensive domestic and international routes before being acquired by Air Canada in 2000.
  • C. Eastern Provincial Airways
    Eastern Provincial Airways was a former regional airline based in Atlantic Canada that operated domestic passenger and cargo services before being absorbed into Canadian Airlines.
  • D. WestJet
    WestJet is a major Canadian low-cost airline known for its extensive domestic and international route network and customer-friendly service.
  • E. Air Canada
    Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, operating extensive domestic and international passenger and cargo services.
  • 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: Nordair
Triple: [Canadian Airlines, predecessor, Nordair]
Generated description
Nordair was a former Canadian regional airline that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly in northern and remote areas, before being absorbed into larger national carriers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nordair
Target entity description: Nordair was a former Canadian regional airline that operated passenger and cargo services, particularly in northern and remote areas, before being absorbed into larger national carriers.
  • A. Canadian Pacific Air Lines
    Canadian Pacific Air Lines was a major Canadian airline that operated extensive domestic and international routes before becoming a key component of the later Canadian Airlines through merger.
  • B. Canadian Airlines
    Canadian Airlines was a former major Canadian carrier that operated extensive domestic and international routes before being acquired by Air Canada in 2000.
  • C. Eastern Provincial Airways
    Eastern Provincial Airways was a former regional airline based in Atlantic Canada that operated domestic passenger and cargo services before being absorbed into Canadian Airlines.
  • D. WestJet
    WestJet is a major Canadian low-cost airline known for its extensive domestic and international route network and customer-friendly service.
  • E. Air Canada
    Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, operating extensive domestic and international passenger and cargo services.
  • 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd32c5f48190b4e2d39fa052cbb7 completed March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a0646388190b440451d786db04c completed March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8ccae06c81909704cdf102dcc7dd completed March 7, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8d2ee740819081369787bbf1ef93 completed March 7, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.