Triple

T2144296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shuji Nakamura E47028 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Nichia Corporation
Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical and electronics company best known as a leading manufacturer of LEDs and phosphors, including pioneering work in blue and white light-emitting diodes.
 E236941 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: Nichia Corporation | Statement: [Shuji Nakamura, employer, Nichia Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nichia Corporation
Context triple: [Shuji Nakamura, employer, Nichia Corporation]
  • A. Yoshimoto Kogyo
    Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
  • B. NEC Corporation
    NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
  • C. Tokyo Denki
    Tokyo Denki was a Japanese electrical company that became a predecessor of the modern electronics conglomerate Toshiba.
  • D. Nippon Electric Company
    Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
  • E. Nikken Sekkei
    Nikken Sekkei is a major Japanese architectural and engineering firm renowned for designing prominent large-scale projects and urban landmarks worldwide.
  • 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: Nichia Corporation
Triple: [Shuji Nakamura, employer, Nichia Corporation]
Generated description
Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical and electronics company best known as a leading manufacturer of LEDs and phosphors, including pioneering work in blue and white light-emitting diodes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nichia Corporation
Target entity description: Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical and electronics company best known as a leading manufacturer of LEDs and phosphors, including pioneering work in blue and white light-emitting diodes.
  • A. Yoshimoto Kogyo
    Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
  • B. NEC Corporation
    NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
  • C. Tokyo Denki
    Tokyo Denki was a Japanese electrical company that became a predecessor of the modern electronics conglomerate Toshiba.
  • D. Nippon Electric Company
    Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
  • E. Nikken Sekkei
    Nikken Sekkei is a major Japanese architectural and engineering firm renowned for designing prominent large-scale projects and urban landmarks worldwide.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe223f848190a60bd0f15aed1021 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae51b8152c81908c66d389bf14dc7e completed March 9, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae522f0394819087a7e7d9c6ca354c completed March 9, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5316acf881908dde9d83c36c8fd0 completed March 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.