Triple
T16115478
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. |
E390990
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendant |
P2238
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. |
E851575
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. | Statement: [Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., defendant, Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. Context triple: [Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., defendant, Shell Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c.]
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A.
Shell Transport and Trading Company
chosen
Shell Transport and Trading Company was a major British oil and gas enterprise that became one of the two parent companies forming the global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell.
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B.
Aramco Trading Company
Aramco Trading Company is the global trading arm of Saudi Aramco, responsible for marketing and trading crude oil, refined products, and related energy commodities.
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C.
Shell Petroleum Development Company
Shell Petroleum Development Company is a major oil exploration and production subsidiary of Shell operating in Nigeria, long associated with environmental and human rights controversies in the Niger Delta.
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D.
Kuwait Oil Company
Kuwait Oil Company is a major state-owned petroleum company in Kuwait responsible for the exploration, drilling, and production of the country’s oil and gas resources.
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E.
Arabian Gulf Oil Company
Arabian Gulf Oil Company is a major Libyan state-owned oil producer and operator responsible for significant exploration and production activities, particularly in the eastern region of the country.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d87f1a8dd881909f1de6ef78849874 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2016a9dd48190bca3f58778ed865f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffebab779c8190b466c26f4024aa31 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.