Triple

T12272867
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tar Heel, North Carolina E292513 entity
Predicate operatorOfMajorPlant P104172 FINISHED
Object Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a major American pork processing and food manufacturing company known as one of the world’s largest producers of pork products.
E974712 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Smithfield Foods | Statement: [Tar Heel, North Carolina, operatorOfMajorPlant, Smithfield Foods]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithfield Foods
Context triple: [Tar Heel, North Carolina, operatorOfMajorPlant, Smithfield Foods]
  • A. Tyson Foods
    Tyson Foods is a major American multinational food company best known as one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef, and pork products.
  • B. Pilgrim’s Pride
    Pilgrim’s Pride is a major American poultry company known for producing and processing chicken products for retail, foodservice, and export markets.
  • C. Cargill
    Cargill is a large American privately held global food and agribusiness company involved in commodities trading, food production, and agricultural services.
  • D. Hormel Foods Corporation
    Hormel Foods Corporation is a major American food company best known for producing branded meat and packaged food products such as SPAM.
  • E. Simplot Foods
    Simplot Foods is a major American agribusiness and food processing company best known for producing frozen potato products and other processed foods for retail and foodservice markets.
  • 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: Smithfield Foods
Triple: [Tar Heel, North Carolina, operatorOfMajorPlant, Smithfield Foods]
Generated description
Smithfield Foods is a major American pork processing and food manufacturing company known as one of the world’s largest producers of pork products.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smithfield Foods
Target entity description: Smithfield Foods is a major American pork processing and food manufacturing company known as one of the world’s largest producers of pork products.
  • A. Tyson Foods
    Tyson Foods is a major American multinational food company best known as one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef, and pork products.
  • B. Pilgrim’s Pride
    Pilgrim’s Pride is a major American poultry company known for producing and processing chicken products for retail, foodservice, and export markets.
  • C. Cargill
    Cargill is a large American privately held global food and agribusiness company involved in commodities trading, food production, and agricultural services.
  • D. Hormel Foods Corporation
    Hormel Foods Corporation is a major American food company best known for producing branded meat and packaged food products such as SPAM.
  • E. Simplot Foods
    Simplot Foods is a major American agribusiness and food processing company best known for producing frozen potato products and other processed foods for retail and foodservice markets.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: operatorOfMajorPlant
Context triple: [Tar Heel, North Carolina, operatorOfMajorPlant, Smithfield Foods]
  • A. hasMajorPlant
    Indicates that one entity possesses or hosts a primary or most significant plant facility or installation in relation to another entity.
  • B. isPlantOf
    Indicates that one entity is a plant that belongs to, is associated with, or is characteristic of another entity (such as a region, habitat, or owner).
  • C. involvesPlant
    Indicates that the relationship or action includes or pertains to a plant as a participating entity.
  • D. plantType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of plant that an entity is classified as.
  • E. famousPlants
    Indicates that the plants in question are widely known or celebrated, typically for their distinctive characteristics, history, or cultural significance.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9380a5e78819086bd4dfe9a83d1f5 completed April 10, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d91c4a66cc819083ce6fcaf5042af6 completed April 10, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d93805cee08190a532ebcf5908e617 completed April 10, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.