Triple
T16926118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Southern Company |
E410577
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a major U.S. natural gas distribution and energy services company that operates regulated gas utilities and related businesses across multiple states.
|
E14064
|
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: Southern Company Gas | Statement: [The Southern Company, hasSubsidiary, Southern Company Gas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Company Gas Context triple: [The Southern Company, hasSubsidiary, Southern Company Gas]
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A.
Southern Company
Southern Company is one of the largest U.S. energy providers, primarily supplying electricity and natural gas across the southeastern United States through its regulated utilities and related businesses.
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B.
Gas South
Gas South is a U.S.-based natural gas provider serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers, particularly in the southeastern United States.
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C.
Georgia Natural Gas
Georgia Natural Gas is a major natural gas marketer in Georgia, providing retail energy services to residential and commercial customers.
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D.
Cinergy Corporation
Cinergy Corporation was a U.S.-based energy company best known in part for its naming rights sponsorship of Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field baseball stadium.
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E.
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is a large American energy company that generates and distributes electricity and natural gas to customers across multiple states, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.
- 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: Southern Company Gas Triple: [The Southern Company, hasSubsidiary, Southern Company Gas]
Generated description
Southern Company Gas is a major U.S. natural gas distribution and energy services company that operates regulated gas utilities and related businesses across multiple states.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Company Gas Target entity description: Southern Company Gas is a major U.S. natural gas distribution and energy services company that operates regulated gas utilities and related businesses across multiple states.
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A.
Southern Company
chosen
Southern Company is one of the largest U.S. energy providers, primarily supplying electricity and natural gas across the southeastern United States through its regulated utilities and related businesses.
-
B.
Gas South
Gas South is a U.S.-based natural gas provider serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers, particularly in the southeastern United States.
-
C.
Georgia Natural Gas
Georgia Natural Gas is a major natural gas marketer in Georgia, providing retail energy services to residential and commercial customers.
-
D.
Cinergy Corporation
Cinergy Corporation was a U.S.-based energy company best known in part for its naming rights sponsorship of Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field baseball stadium.
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E.
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is a large American energy company that generates and distributes electricity and natural gas to customers across multiple states, particularly in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.
- F. None of above.
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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cdf1ebdc8190b39a9469636de01e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00cfd8a88c8190adda386b62fe543c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.