Triple

T3829240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject DHL E88768 entity
Predicate competitor P1375 FINISHED
Object TNT Express
TNT Express is an international courier and logistics company known for its global parcel delivery and express mail services.
E390192 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: TNT Express | Statement: [DHL, competitor, TNT Express]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TNT Express
Context triple: [DHL, competitor, TNT Express]
  • A. National Express
    National Express is a major UK-based coach and bus operator providing long-distance and local passenger transport services domestically and internationally.
  • B. Channel Express
    Channel Express was a British airline that operated cargo and passenger services before rebranding and evolving into the low-cost carrier Jet2.com.
  • C. FedEx
    FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
  • D. DHL
    DHL is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, the United Nations’ main research and information resource center located at its headquarters in New York.
  • E. DHL
    DHL is a global logistics and courier company known for its international express mail, freight transportation, and supply chain management services.
  • 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: TNT Express
Triple: [DHL, competitor, TNT Express]
Generated description
TNT Express is an international courier and logistics company known for its global parcel delivery and express mail services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TNT Express
Target entity description: TNT Express is an international courier and logistics company known for its global parcel delivery and express mail services.
  • A. National Express
    National Express is a major UK-based coach and bus operator providing long-distance and local passenger transport services domestically and internationally.
  • B. Channel Express
    Channel Express was a British airline that operated cargo and passenger services before rebranding and evolving into the low-cost carrier Jet2.com.
  • C. FedEx
    FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
  • D. DHL
    DHL is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, the United Nations’ main research and information resource center located at its headquarters in New York.
  • E. DHL
    DHL is a global logistics and courier company known for its international express mail, freight transportation, and supply chain management services.
  • 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_69aed9538cf881909d9ce8ca4ac7c18c completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeeb683c2081908ffa6e759a3470fe completed March 9, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb54636c8190a46224e0a8215e26 completed March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4fc1d144881908affcdae84a3c395 completed March 14, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4fc942b588190985b191376289258 completed March 14, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.