Triple
T20803056
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Houston Natural Gas |
E512087
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergedInto |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | InterNorth |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: InterNorth | Statement: [Houston Natural Gas, mergedInto, InterNorth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: InterNorth Context triple: [Houston Natural Gas, mergedInto, InterNorth]
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A.
InterNorth
chosen
InterNorth was a major American natural gas pipeline company that became best known as the predecessor to Enron following their landmark 1985 merger.
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B.
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber Company was a historic American timber and lumber firm connected to prominent lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the broader Upper Midwest logging industry.
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C.
L. F. Driscoll Company
L. F. Driscoll Company is a major construction firm known for serving as the general contractor on large-scale projects, including Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park.
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D.
Sierra Pacific Resources
Sierra Pacific Resources was a Nevada-based energy holding company that later became known as NV Energy, overseeing electric and natural gas utility services in the region.
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E.
Darby Lumber Company
Darby Lumber Company was a Georgia lumber manufacturer that served as the private business defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Darby, which expanded federal power under the Commerce Clause.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e6c2b2d5688190aaa58a2594d4787c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:39 p.m.