Triple

T3521526
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tribune Company E74431 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object Times Mirror Company
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
E364293 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: Times Mirror Company | Statement: [Tribune Company, acquired, Times Mirror Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Times Mirror Company
Context triple: [Tribune Company, acquired, Times Mirror Company]
  • A. McClatchy Company
    McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
  • B. Hearst Communications
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • C. The Washington Post Company
    The Washington Post Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning and publishing the influential newspaper The Washington Post before restructuring as Graham Holdings Company.
  • D. The New York Times Company
    The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
  • E. Press Holdings Media Group
    Press Holdings Media Group is a British media company best known for owning and publishing influential conservative-leaning titles such as The Spectator.
  • 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: Times Mirror Company
Triple: [Tribune Company, acquired, Times Mirror Company]
Generated description
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Times Mirror Company
Target entity description: Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
  • A. McClatchy Company
    McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
  • B. Hearst Communications
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • C. The Washington Post Company
    The Washington Post Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning and publishing the influential newspaper The Washington Post before restructuring as Graham Holdings Company.
  • D. The New York Times Company
    The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
  • E. Press Holdings Media Group
    Press Holdings Media Group is a British media company best known for owning and publishing influential conservative-leaning titles such as The Spectator.
  • 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_69ad85d0c5488190a3d8e02ebd01a1aa completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc4c6ac8819096e9c773f3cccbfb completed March 8, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e87c7948190901d98f34e3987eb completed March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37f13d5e881908eaa05b11e493e8b completed March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37f703ff081908a9aa3588da52d76 completed March 13, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.