Triple

T2260554
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sony Pictures Entertainment E50028 entity
Predicate owns P347 FINISHED
Object Funimation (legacy brand)
Funimation (legacy brand) was a prominent American entertainment company best known for licensing, dubbing, and distributing Japanese anime in North America.
E249212 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: Funimation (legacy brand) | Statement: [Sony Pictures Entertainment, owns, Funimation (legacy brand)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Funimation (legacy brand)
Context triple: [Sony Pictures Entertainment, owns, Funimation (legacy brand)]
  • A. Aniplex
    Aniplex is a Japanese anime and music production and distribution company known for producing and licensing numerous popular anime series and films.
  • B. A-1 Pictures
    A-1 Pictures is a Japanese animation studio known for producing popular anime series and films across a wide range of genres.
  • C. Crunchyroll
    Crunchyroll is a popular streaming service specializing in anime, manga, and East Asian media content.
  • D. Cartoon Network Japan
    Cartoon Network Japan is the Japanese version of the Cartoon Network television channel, broadcasting localized and dubbed animated programming for audiences in Japan.
  • E. Cartoon Network Studios
    Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation production company best known for creating original animated series for the Cartoon Network television channel.
  • 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: Funimation (legacy brand)
Triple: [Sony Pictures Entertainment, owns, Funimation (legacy brand)]
Generated description
Funimation (legacy brand) was a prominent American entertainment company best known for licensing, dubbing, and distributing Japanese anime in North America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Funimation (legacy brand)
Target entity description: Funimation (legacy brand) was a prominent American entertainment company best known for licensing, dubbing, and distributing Japanese anime in North America.
  • A. Aniplex
    Aniplex is a Japanese anime and music production and distribution company known for producing and licensing numerous popular anime series and films.
  • B. A-1 Pictures
    A-1 Pictures is a Japanese animation studio known for producing popular anime series and films across a wide range of genres.
  • C. Crunchyroll
    Crunchyroll is a popular streaming service specializing in anime, manga, and East Asian media content.
  • D. Cartoon Network Japan
    Cartoon Network Japan is the Japanese version of the Cartoon Network television channel, broadcasting localized and dubbed animated programming for audiences in Japan.
  • E. Cartoon Network Studios
    Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation production company best known for creating original animated series for the Cartoon Network television channel.
  • 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_69a88b01e0048190ba96431b5f990ba9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc15be1288190a55c12674f4a5e03 completed March 7, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71cb1540819093db7f91ae66c19f completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72a2b92c8190a7d4ff441f1cb1ce completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae732a7cf08190b119ca7809350269 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.