Triple
T18070604
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kennecott Copper Corporation |
E432416
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) | Statement: [Kennecott Copper Corporation, acquiredBy, Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) Context triple: [Kennecott Copper Corporation, acquiredBy, Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon)]
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A.
Bechtel Mining & Metals
Bechtel Mining & Metals is a business unit of Bechtel Corporation that provides engineering, procurement, construction, and project management services for mining and metals projects worldwide.
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B.
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was a major American copper mining company based in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that dominated U.S. copper production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.
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D.
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company was a major early 20th-century American mining firm known for its large-scale copper operations in eastern Nevada.
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E.
United Verde Copper Company
The United Verde Copper Company was a major early 20th-century American mining company in Arizona, central to the region’s copper production and the development of nearby company towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) Target entity description: Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) is a leading global mining company known for its large-scale copper extraction and processing activities, including the historic Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah.
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A.
Bechtel Mining & Metals
Bechtel Mining & Metals is a business unit of Bechtel Corporation that provides engineering, procurement, construction, and project management services for mining and metals projects worldwide.
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B.
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company was a major American copper mining company based in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula that dominated U.S. copper production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Kennecott Copper Corporation
chosen
Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.
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D.
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company was a major early 20th-century American mining firm known for its large-scale copper operations in eastern Nevada.
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E.
United Verde Copper Company
The United Verde Copper Company was a major early 20th-century American mining company in Arizona, central to the region’s copper production and the development of nearby company towns.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4cced29fc81908e87b4f1990fa0d8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.