Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BBC Four E71372 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object BBC Knowledge
BBC Knowledge was a British television channel operated by the BBC that focused on educational and factual programming before being replaced by BBC Four.
E353319 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: BBC Knowledge | Statement: [BBC Four, formerName, BBC Knowledge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBC Knowledge
Context triple: [BBC Four, formerName, BBC Knowledge]
  • A. BBC
    The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s publicly funded national broadcaster, known worldwide for producing and distributing television, radio, and online content.
  • B. BBC Four
    BBC Four is a British television channel from the BBC known for its highbrow programming, including arts, culture, documentaries, and international films and dramas.
  • C. Britannica School
    Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
  • D. BBC Content
    BBC Content is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for commissioning, producing, and overseeing a wide range of television, radio, and digital programming across its services.
  • E. BBC Earth
    BBC Earth is a global factual entertainment brand from the BBC that produces and distributes high-quality nature and wildlife documentaries and related content across television, cinema, and digital platforms.
  • 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: BBC Knowledge
Triple: [BBC Four, formerName, BBC Knowledge]
Generated description
BBC Knowledge was a British television channel operated by the BBC that focused on educational and factual programming before being replaced by BBC Four.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBC Knowledge
Target entity description: BBC Knowledge was a British television channel operated by the BBC that focused on educational and factual programming before being replaced by BBC Four.
  • A. BBC
    The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s publicly funded national broadcaster, known worldwide for producing and distributing television, radio, and online content.
  • B. BBC Four
    BBC Four is a British television channel from the BBC known for its highbrow programming, including arts, culture, documentaries, and international films and dramas.
  • C. Britannica School
    Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
  • D. BBC Content
    BBC Content is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for commissioning, producing, and overseeing a wide range of television, radio, and digital programming across its services.
  • E. BBC Earth
    BBC Earth is a global factual entertainment brand from the BBC that produces and distributes high-quality nature and wildlife documentaries and related content across television, cinema, and digital platforms.
  • 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_69ad85a8fd9c819095ecedf838d2bf1b completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb666e514819090560d43bfaf55b8 completed March 8, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3345a95ac819098be25233b8e0ed5 completed March 12, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b33542a1008190a1cc4aec663d97bc completed March 12, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3391c4e24819082e9a0f50c1afab8 completed March 12, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.