Triple

T12243970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fastenal E291803 entity
Predicate tickerSymbol P1447 FINISHED
Object FAST
FAST is the stock ticker symbol for Fastenal Company, a major American distributor of industrial and construction supplies.
 E972412 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: FAST | Statement: [Fastenal, tickerSymbol, FAST]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: FAST
Context triple: [Fastenal, tickerSymbol, FAST]
  • A. FAST
    FAST is the public bus transit system serving the Fairfield and Suisun City area in Solano County, California.
  • B. FAST
    FAST is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge astronomical observations such as pulsar detection and studies of interstellar matter.
  • C. FAST
    FAST is a U.S. federal law that authorizes long-term funding and policy for the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including highways, transit, and rail.
  • D. Fast
    Fast is a surname most notably associated with American novelist and screenwriter Howard Fast, known for his historical and political works.
  • E. Fast
    "Fast" is a country song by Luke Bryan that reflects on the fleeting nature of time, relationships, and life’s milestones.
  • 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: FAST
Triple: [Fastenal, tickerSymbol, FAST]
Generated description
FAST is the stock ticker symbol for Fastenal Company, a major American distributor of industrial and construction supplies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: FAST
Target entity description: FAST is the stock ticker symbol for Fastenal Company, a major American distributor of industrial and construction supplies.
  • A. FAST
    FAST is a U.S. federal law that authorizes long-term funding and policy for the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including highways, transit, and rail.
  • B. FAST
    FAST is the public bus transit system serving the Fairfield and Suisun City area in Solano County, California.
  • C. FAST
    FAST is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge astronomical observations such as pulsar detection and studies of interstellar matter.
  • D. Fast
    Fast is a surname most notably associated with American novelist and screenwriter Howard Fast, known for his historical and political works.
  • E. Fast
    "Fast" is a country song by Luke Bryan that reflects on the fleeting nature of time, relationships, and life’s milestones.
  • 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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cb724448190be29fc1d2b946ab7 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60ab7b9308190b621b71d75aa10cc completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60c6211448190af411f1b6f42c4b6 completed May 2, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60d1429f08190b7f3f053044f5a9e completed May 2, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.