Triple

T1590458
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cisco Nexus switches E34166 entity
Predicate supportsTechnology P5090 FINISHED
Object Virtual PortChannel
Virtual PortChannel is a Cisco Nexus technology that allows links connected to two separate switches to appear as a single logical port channel, providing redundancy and load balancing without requiring Spanning Tree blocking.
E181690 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: Virtual PortChannel | Statement: [Cisco Nexus switches, supportsTechnology, Virtual PortChannel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virtual PortChannel
Context triple: [Cisco Nexus switches, supportsTechnology, Virtual PortChannel]
  • A. VTP
    VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco proprietary Layer 2 protocol used to manage and propagate VLAN configuration information across switches in a network.
  • B. IEEE 802.1Qfp
    IEEE 802.1Qfp is an IEEE networking standard that defines mechanisms for enhanced traffic scheduling and queuing in bridged and time-sensitive Ethernet networks.
  • C. IEEE 802.1Qfv
    IEEE 802.1Qfv is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that defines enhancements for flexible queuing and forwarding behaviors in bridged and virtualized Ethernet networks.
  • D. IEEE 802.1Qem
    IEEE 802.1Qem is an Ethernet networking standard within the IEEE 802.1 family that specifies mechanisms for enhanced management and control of bridged and virtualized network environments.
  • E. Fibre Channel
    Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
  • 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: Virtual PortChannel
Triple: [Cisco Nexus switches, supportsTechnology, Virtual PortChannel]
Generated description
Virtual PortChannel is a Cisco Nexus technology that allows links connected to two separate switches to appear as a single logical port channel, providing redundancy and load balancing without requiring Spanning Tree blocking.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virtual PortChannel
Target entity description: Virtual PortChannel is a Cisco Nexus technology that allows links connected to two separate switches to appear as a single logical port channel, providing redundancy and load balancing without requiring Spanning Tree blocking.
  • A. VTP
    VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco proprietary Layer 2 protocol used to manage and propagate VLAN configuration information across switches in a network.
  • B. IEEE 802.1Qfp
    IEEE 802.1Qfp is an IEEE networking standard that defines mechanisms for enhanced traffic scheduling and queuing in bridged and time-sensitive Ethernet networks.
  • C. IEEE 802.1Qfv
    IEEE 802.1Qfv is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that defines enhancements for flexible queuing and forwarding behaviors in bridged and virtualized Ethernet networks.
  • D. IEEE 802.1Qem
    IEEE 802.1Qem is an Ethernet networking standard within the IEEE 802.1 family that specifies mechanisms for enhanced management and control of bridged and virtualized network environments.
  • E. Fibre Channel
    Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa621526e8819097d8c5330e527ed3 completed March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad46a0f5348190ae3fe8033360d800 completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4a938fb08190b462fc72e1e77ed8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad4b0e62ac81908a51d36f9e3677fe completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.