Triple

T2651248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irving family E53902 entity
Predicate businessHolding P21206 FINISHED
Object Irving Oil
Irving Oil is a Canadian privately owned energy company best known for its network of gas stations and petroleum refining and distribution operations, primarily in Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States.
E287090 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Irving Oil | Statement: [Irving family, businessHolding, Irving Oil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Oil
Context triple: [Irving family, businessHolding, Irving Oil]
  • A. Acadie–Bathurst Titan
    Acadie–Bathurst Titan is a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League based in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
  • B. Shawinigan Cataractes
    The Shawinigan Cataractes are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Shawinigan, Quebec.
  • C. Toronto Marlboros
    The Toronto Marlboros were a storied junior ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, long associated with the Toronto Maple Leafs and renowned for developing numerous future NHL stars.
  • D. Orr Hockey Group
    Orr Hockey Group is a sports management and player representation agency established by legendary NHL defenseman Bobby Orr to guide and represent professional hockey players.
  • E. Toronto Toros
    The Toronto Toros were a 1970s World Hockey Association (WHA) professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.
  • 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: Irving Oil
Triple: [Irving family, businessHolding, Irving Oil]
Generated description
Irving Oil is a Canadian privately owned energy company best known for its network of gas stations and petroleum refining and distribution operations, primarily in Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Oil
Target entity description: Irving Oil is a Canadian privately owned energy company best known for its network of gas stations and petroleum refining and distribution operations, primarily in Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States.
  • A. Acadie–Bathurst Titan
    Acadie–Bathurst Titan is a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League based in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
  • B. Shawinigan Cataractes
    The Shawinigan Cataractes are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Shawinigan, Quebec.
  • C. Toronto Marlboros
    The Toronto Marlboros were a storied junior ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, long associated with the Toronto Maple Leafs and renowned for developing numerous future NHL stars.
  • D. Orr Hockey Group
    Orr Hockey Group is a sports management and player representation agency established by legendary NHL defenseman Bobby Orr to guide and represent professional hockey players.
  • E. Toronto Toros
    The Toronto Toros were a 1970s World Hockey Association (WHA) professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: businessHolding
Context triple: [Irving family, businessHolding, Irving Oil]
  • A. businessBase
    Indicates that one entity serves as the primary business foundation, core location, or main operational base for another entity.
  • B. hasBusiness chosen
    Indicates that one entity owns, operates, or is formally associated with a business entity.
  • C. businessFunction
    Indicates the specific role, activity, or operational function that an entity performs within a business context.
  • D. business
    Indicates that an entity is engaged in commercial or professional activities, such as providing goods or services for profit.
  • E. businessManager
    Indicates that one entity serves as the business manager, overseeing and handling business affairs or operations, for another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ab495e192081909c77b622e8e7e15a completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd93071248190820197936e3167f7 completed March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98cc2d9881908556b915a1870c02 completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af9a0966a88190b76c50ac801438e2 completed March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9dfac8048190be715b844eedf064 completed March 10, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd814298c8190952f05aed43f6bb8 completed March 7, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.