Triple

T17256017
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CBS Media Ventures E418880 entity
Predicate hasPredecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Viacom Enterprises
Viacom Enterprises was the television syndication and distribution arm of Viacom, responsible for licensing and distributing a wide range of TV programming before later corporate reorganizations and rebrandings.
E1260924 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: Viacom Enterprises | Statement: [CBS Media Ventures, hasPredecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Enterprises
Context triple: [CBS Media Ventures, hasPredecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
  • A. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • B. Viacom Productions
    Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Paramount Communications
    Paramount Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owned film, television, publishing, and theme park assets before being acquired by Viacom in the 1990s.
  • E. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • 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: Viacom Enterprises
Triple: [CBS Media Ventures, hasPredecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
Generated description
Viacom Enterprises was the television syndication and distribution arm of Viacom, responsible for licensing and distributing a wide range of TV programming before later corporate reorganizations and rebrandings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Enterprises
Target entity description: Viacom Enterprises was the television syndication and distribution arm of Viacom, responsible for licensing and distributing a wide range of TV programming before later corporate reorganizations and rebrandings.
  • A. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • B. Viacom Productions
    Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Paramount Communications
    Paramount Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owned film, television, publishing, and theme park assets before being acquired by Viacom in the 1990s.
  • E. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42e6ceb9c8190a4eeaf10e90cd5a0 completed April 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0179445cac8190833eb7cd879a93bd completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017d19ade481908cdc0a74d9766078 completed May 11, 2026, 6:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017d9c93a48190a13b78c5f9f71571 completed May 11, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.