Triple
T20800685
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vale |
E512029
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorOperation |
P17046
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations |
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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: Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations | Statement: [Vale, majorOperation, Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Context triple: [Vale, majorOperation, Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations]
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A.
Sherritt Ames
Sherritt Ames is a relatively obscure individual known primarily through limited references, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
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B.
Trojan Nickel Mine
Trojan Nickel Mine is a major nickel mining operation located near the town of Bindura in Zimbabwe.
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C.
McArthur River Mine
McArthur River Mine is a major zinc-lead mining operation in Australia’s Northern Territory, known as one of the world’s largest zinc deposits and a source of significant environmental and Indigenous land-rights controversy.
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D.
South Porcupine
South Porcupine is a residential community and former mining town that now forms a neighbourhood within the city of Timmins in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Teck
Teck is a German ducal family name historically associated with the British royal family through Queen Mary, consort of King George V.
- 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: Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Target entity description: Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations is a large Canadian mining and processing complex focused on nickel and related metals, operated by Vale in the Sudbury Basin of Ontario.
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A.
Sherritt Ames
Sherritt Ames is a relatively obscure individual known primarily through limited references, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
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B.
Trojan Nickel Mine
Trojan Nickel Mine is a major nickel mining operation located near the town of Bindura in Zimbabwe.
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C.
McArthur River Mine
McArthur River Mine is a major zinc-lead mining operation in Australia’s Northern Territory, known as one of the world’s largest zinc deposits and a source of significant environmental and Indigenous land-rights controversy.
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D.
South Porcupine
South Porcupine is a residential community and former mining town that now forms a neighbourhood within the city of Timmins in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Teck
Teck is a German ducal family name historically associated with the British royal family through Queen Mary, consort of King George V.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0b4cc69f481908e98751e697b9df4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2b014648190a1133836b36c26cd |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:39 p.m.