Triple
T1521694
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Central Independent Television |
E32242
|
entity |
| Predicate | owner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carlton Communications
Carlton Communications was a major British media company best known for its television broadcasting interests, including its role as a prominent ITV franchise holder in the UK.
|
E173824
|
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: Carlton Communications | Statement: [Central Independent Television, owner, Carlton Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlton Communications Context triple: [Central Independent Television, owner, Carlton Communications]
-
A.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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B.
American Television and Communications Corporation
American Television and Communications Corporation was a major U.S. cable television company that became part of the business later known as Time Warner Cable.
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C.
A. H. Belo Corporation
A. H. Belo Corporation is a historic American media company best known as the longtime publisher of The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers.
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D.
Snyder Communications
Snyder Communications was a marketing and advertising services company founded by businessman Dan Snyder that grew rapidly in the 1990s before being acquired by Havas.
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E.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
- 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: Carlton Communications Triple: [Central Independent Television, owner, Carlton Communications]
Generated description
Carlton Communications was a major British media company best known for its television broadcasting interests, including its role as a prominent ITV franchise holder in the UK.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlton Communications Target entity description: Carlton Communications was a major British media company best known for its television broadcasting interests, including its role as a prominent ITV franchise holder in the UK.
-
A.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
-
B.
American Television and Communications Corporation
American Television and Communications Corporation was a major U.S. cable television company that became part of the business later known as Time Warner Cable.
-
C.
A. H. Belo Corporation
A. H. Belo Corporation is a historic American media company best known as the longtime publisher of The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers.
-
D.
Snyder Communications
Snyder Communications was a marketing and advertising services company founded by businessman Dan Snyder that grew rapidly in the 1990s before being acquired by Havas.
-
E.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
- 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_69a885e9b0ac819093a9806ad0efc82c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a907fe8b0c8190a765afd3a10ee5e0 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad294f9e2481909f1d685d7f083c6a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad29f4edc48190b78a6df091e289ab |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad2a78b9608190b70f8d0ae531618d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.