Triple
T13270887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transcontinental Air Transport |
E316050
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedBrand |
P109252
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Transcontinental & Western Air |
E1031600
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Transcontinental & Western Air | Statement: [Transcontinental Air Transport, formedBrand, Transcontinental & Western Air]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcontinental & Western Air Context triple: [Transcontinental Air Transport, formedBrand, Transcontinental & Western Air]
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A.
Transcontinental & Western Air
chosen
Transcontinental & Western Air was a major early U.S. airline that later evolved into Trans World Airlines (TWA), becoming one of the most prominent international carriers of the 20th century.
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B.
Pacific Western Airlines
Pacific Western Airlines was a major Canadian regional and domestic carrier that operated from the mid-20th century until its 1987 merger into Canadian Airlines.
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C.
Transcontinental Air Transport
Transcontinental Air Transport was an early U.S. airline of the late 1920s and early 1930s that pioneered coast-to-coast passenger service by combining rail and air travel.
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D.
Western Airlines
Western Airlines was a major U.S. airline that operated primarily in the western United States and later internationally before merging with Delta Air Lines in 1987.
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E.
Western Air Express
Western Air Express was an early American airline that operated passenger and mail services in the western United States during the late 1920s and 1930s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formedBrand Context triple: [Transcontinental Air Transport, formedBrand, Transcontinental & Western Air]
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A.
formerBrand
Indicates that an entity was previously used or recognized as a brand for another entity but is no longer its current brand.
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B.
favoriteBrand
Indicates that one entity is the preferred or most liked brand of another entity.
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C.
competitiveBrandName
Indicates that one brand name is in a competitive relationship with another brand name in the same market or product space.
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D.
usedBrand
Indicates that an entity has utilized, applied, or operated a particular brand in some context.
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E.
brand
Indicates that one entity is the commercial brand or label under which another entity (such as a product, service, or organization) is marketed or identified.
- 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d99cfdc9388190af1fdd3cd4717bd8 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7266665488190a4e2e411bafada85 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d98f60911081909fa346a054f76c9f |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d99cf7f9c48190a6a4f452b4a2aefa |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:26 p.m.