Triple
T12315893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ball Corporation |
E293597
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rexam PLC
Rexam PLC was a major British-based global consumer packaging company best known as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of beverage cans.
|
E976567
|
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: Rexam PLC | Statement: [Ball Corporation, acquired, Rexam PLC]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rexam PLC Context triple: [Ball Corporation, acquired, Rexam PLC]
-
A.
Browne & Williamson
Browne & Williamson was a major American tobacco company, best known as a subsidiary of British American Tobacco and for its involvement in high-profile tobacco litigation and public health controversies.
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B.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
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C.
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland was a major early 20th-century British tobacco conglomerate that played a key role in shaping the global cigarette industry.
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D.
RELX Group
RELX Group is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools serving professional and business customers across sectors such as science, legal, risk, and exhibitions.
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E.
Edrington Group
Edrington Group is a Scottish spirits company best known for owning and producing premium whisky brands such as The Macallan, Highland Park, and Famous Grouse.
- 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: Rexam PLC Triple: [Ball Corporation, acquired, Rexam PLC]
Generated description
Rexam PLC was a major British-based global consumer packaging company best known as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of beverage cans.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rexam PLC Target entity description: Rexam PLC was a major British-based global consumer packaging company best known as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of beverage cans.
-
A.
Browne & Williamson
Browne & Williamson was a major American tobacco company, best known as a subsidiary of British American Tobacco and for its involvement in high-profile tobacco litigation and public health controversies.
-
B.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
-
C.
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland
Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland was a major early 20th-century British tobacco conglomerate that played a key role in shaping the global cigarette industry.
-
D.
RELX Group
RELX Group is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools serving professional and business customers across sectors such as science, legal, risk, and exhibitions.
-
E.
Edrington Group
Edrington Group is a Scottish spirits company best known for owning and producing premium whisky brands such as The Macallan, Highland Park, and Famous Grouse.
- 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f05186481909c024a933b4f6c60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f61e86d45881909a9a3c09df0b78f1 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f622a646c481908164ae5387625bb4 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f623f5aa608190bce3e62e08077216 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.