Triple

T14145718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jan Janssen E350542 entity
Predicate team P3756 FINISHED
Object Bic
Bic was a professional cycling team sponsored by the French pen and lighter manufacturer, active primarily in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
 E1081530 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: Bic | Statement: [Jan Janssen, team, Bic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bic
Context triple: [Jan Janssen, team, Bic]
  • A. Bic Camera
    Bic Camera is a major Japanese consumer electronics retail chain known for its large multi-floor stores offering a wide range of electronics, appliances, and household goods.
  • B. Pensil
    Pensil is a neighborhood located within the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, Mexico.
  • C. Sharpie
    Sharpie is a popular brand of permanent markers and writing instruments known for their bold, quick-drying ink used in homes, schools, and offices.
  • D. Bicqlo
    Bicqlo is a large retail store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, created as a collaboration between electronics retailer Bic Camera and clothing brand Uniqlo.
  • E. Crayon
    Crayon is a Nigerian singer and songwriter signed to Mavin Records, known for his Afropop and Afrobeat-influenced music.
  • 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: Bic
Triple: [Jan Janssen, team, Bic]
Generated description
Bic was a professional cycling team sponsored by the French pen and lighter manufacturer, active primarily in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bic
Target entity description: Bic was a professional cycling team sponsored by the French pen and lighter manufacturer, active primarily in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • A. Bic Camera
    Bic Camera is a major Japanese consumer electronics retail chain known for its large multi-floor stores offering a wide range of electronics, appliances, and household goods.
  • B. Pensil
    Pensil is a neighborhood located within the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, Mexico.
  • C. Sharpie
    Sharpie is a popular brand of permanent markers and writing instruments known for their bold, quick-drying ink used in homes, schools, and offices.
  • D. Bicqlo
    Bicqlo is a large retail store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, created as a collaboration between electronics retailer Bic Camera and clothing brand Uniqlo.
  • E. Crayon
    Crayon is a Nigerian singer and songwriter signed to Mavin Records, known for his Afropop and Afrobeat-influenced music.
  • 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_69d827865f608190b311820428ae027b completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de612266248190a8591b646fe30ae6 completed April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcdf1d8c448190bd223258b28fecc9 completed May 7, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fce113c11481908751ecf62afc29a5 completed May 7, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fce1a848f081909d96849a14230be1 completed May 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:53 a.m.