Triple

T1466789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Airways E27041 entity
Predicate foundedByMergerOf P6637 FINISHED
Object British Overseas Airways Corporation
British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
E166738 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: British Overseas Airways Corporation | Statement: [British Airways, foundedByMergerOf, British Overseas Airways Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Overseas Airways Corporation
Context triple: [British Airways, foundedByMergerOf, British Overseas Airways Corporation]
  • A. Civil Air Transport
    Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
  • B. Handley Page Limited
    Handley Page Limited was a pioneering British aircraft manufacturer, particularly renowned for producing large military bombers during the early and mid-20th century.
  • C. Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
    Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aviation company known for designing and producing military aircraft, particularly during the World War II era.
  • D. Hawker Aircraft
    Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
  • E. Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: British Overseas Airways Corporation
Triple: [British Airways, foundedByMergerOf, British Overseas Airways Corporation]
Generated description
British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Overseas Airways Corporation
Target entity description: British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
  • A. Civil Air Transport
    Civil Air Transport was a post–World War II Chinese airline closely linked to U.S. intelligence operations that evolved into a key air transport asset for the CIA in Asia.
  • B. Handley Page Limited
    Handley Page Limited was a pioneering British aircraft manufacturer, particularly renowned for producing large military bombers during the early and mid-20th century.
  • C. Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
    Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aviation company known for designing and producing military aircraft, particularly during the World War II era.
  • D. Hawker Aircraft
    Hawker Aircraft was a prominent British aircraft manufacturer best known for producing iconic military planes such as the Hawker Hurricane during the early to mid-20th century.
  • E. Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways was a pioneering and iconic American international airline that helped popularize long-haul jet travel in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5bcfa0881909d6137c69825bc7a completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e7e7f848190a8abcb73e89e8e34 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f0b145c8190b08af9a6a3325c23 completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f9380648190b4db1b9c92f37831 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.