Triple

T287292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Domain Name System root zone E5910 entity
Predicate historicalRootZoneMaintainer P5058 FINISHED
Object VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
E37205 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: VeriSign | Statement: [Domain Name System root zone, historicalRootZoneMaintainer, VeriSign]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VeriSign
Context triple: [Domain Name System root zone, historicalRootZoneMaintainer, VeriSign]
  • A. OpenDNS
    OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
  • B. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
  • C. Netscape Communications Corporation
    Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
  • D. Lucent Technologies
    Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
  • E. Alphabet Inc.
    Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
  • 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: VeriSign
Triple: [Domain Name System root zone, historicalRootZoneMaintainer, VeriSign]
Generated description
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VeriSign
Target entity description: VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
  • A. OpenDNS
    OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
  • B. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization that coordinates the global domain name system and IP address allocation to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet.
  • C. Netscape Communications Corporation
    Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
  • D. Lucent Technologies
    Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
  • E. Alphabet Inc.
    Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalRootZoneMaintainer
Context triple: [Domain Name System root zone, historicalRootZoneMaintainer, VeriSign]
  • A. timeZoneHistorical
    Indicates that there is a historical time zone relationship, specifying how an entity’s time zone (including offsets, rules, or changes) applied during past periods.
  • B. isCanonicalZone
    Indicates that a given zone is the primary, standard, or officially recognized version among possible alternatives.
  • C. historicallyControlledBy chosen
    Indicates that an entity was under the control, rule, or governance of another entity during some period in the past.
  • D. historicallyBorneBy
    Indicates that an entity has carried, possessed, or used another entity (such as a name, title, or symbol) at some point in the past.
  • E. historicalRegion
    Indicates that an entity is or was a geographically defined area recognized for its significance during a particular historical period.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e2ddaa88190b08c40b5823f30a0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a39d08ef048190b0b382f8a0bc6c87 completed March 1, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a39d8923608190b7bdda99a3534c1c completed March 1, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a39dec8b5c8190a42520806bcad8e5 completed March 1, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b7c1448819082064f474633acd5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.