Triple
T17271811
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pennzoil Company |
E419277
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownedBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shell plc |
E243501
|
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 plc | Statement: [Pennzoil Company, ownedBy, Shell plc]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shell plc Context triple: [Pennzoil Company, ownedBy, Shell plc]
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A.
British Petroleum
British Petroleum is a major British multinational oil and gas company involved in exploration, production, refining, and energy trading worldwide.
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B.
Royal Dutch Shell
chosen
Royal Dutch Shell is a major British-Dutch multinational oil and gas company and one of the largest energy corporations in the world.
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C.
Billiton plc
Billiton plc was a major international mining and metals company that became part of BHP Billiton (now BHP Group) through a landmark merger.
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D.
Essar Oil UK
Essar Oil UK is a UK-based downstream energy company that operates refining, storage, and fuel distribution assets, including major terminals and retail networks.
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E.
Aker BP
Aker BP is a Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production company and one of the largest independent operators on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
- 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_69d886da626481908a14ce7830329a35 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e42f4a3c4c81908a28c9f8bdf648ca |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0180d08c9c8190ae139cd92720028a |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.