Triple
T3760886
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Washington Post Company |
E82156
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownerOf |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
|
E385830
|
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: Kaplan, Inc. | Statement: [The Washington Post Company, ownerOf, Kaplan, Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaplan, Inc. Context triple: [The Washington Post Company, ownerOf, Kaplan, Inc.]
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A.
Kaplan
Kaplan is a surname most notably associated with Mordecai Kaplan, an influential 20th-century rabbi and theologian who founded Reconstructionist Judaism.
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B.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
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C.
Shorenstein Company
Shorenstein Company is a prominent privately held real estate investment and development firm based in San Francisco, known for owning and managing major commercial office properties across the United States.
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D.
Kinney National Services
Kinney National Services was a diversified American holding company that became the corporate predecessor to Warner Communications under media executive Steve Ross.
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E.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
- 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: Kaplan, Inc. Triple: [The Washington Post Company, ownerOf, Kaplan, Inc.]
Generated description
Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaplan, Inc. Target entity description: Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
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A.
Kaplan
Kaplan is a surname most notably associated with Mordecai Kaplan, an influential 20th-century rabbi and theologian who founded Reconstructionist Judaism.
-
B.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
-
C.
Shorenstein Company
Shorenstein Company is a prominent privately held real estate investment and development firm based in San Francisco, known for owning and managing major commercial office properties across the United States.
-
D.
Kinney National Services
Kinney National Services was a diversified American holding company that became the corporate predecessor to Warner Communications under media executive Steve Ross.
-
E.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
- 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcbc553a08190ba361675901496ed |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e5172abc81909cfa709ea866dc57 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4e65f868c819099b4fbf129773e6d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e6bc95cc8190852b833e111cd889 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.