Triple

T5277955
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject VMware E119418 entity
Predicate tickerSymbol P1447 FINISHED
Object VMW
VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
 E509084 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: VMW | Statement: [VMware, tickerSymbol, VMW]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VMW
Context triple: [VMware, tickerSymbol, VMW]
  • A. VMC
    VMC is the Venus Monitoring Camera, a wide-angle imaging instrument on the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft used to study Venus’s atmosphere and cloud dynamics.
  • B. VMU
    The VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a memory card and secondary screen accessory for the Sega Dreamcast that provides game save storage and mini-game functionality.
  • C. VMI
    VMI is a public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
  • D. VT Group
    VT Group is a British engineering and shipbuilding company known for designing and constructing advanced naval vessels and providing marine and defense support services.
  • E. FVMV
    FVMV is the ICAO airport code for Masvingo Airport in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
  • 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: VMW
Triple: [VMware, tickerSymbol, VMW]
Generated description
VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: VMW
Target entity description: VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
  • A. VMC
    VMC is the Venus Monitoring Camera, a wide-angle imaging instrument on the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft used to study Venus’s atmosphere and cloud dynamics.
  • B. VMU
    The VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a memory card and secondary screen accessory for the Sega Dreamcast that provides game save storage and mini-game functionality.
  • C. VMI
    VMI is a public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
  • D. VT Group
    VT Group is a British engineering and shipbuilding company known for designing and constructing advanced naval vessels and providing marine and defense support services.
  • E. FVMV
    FVMV is the ICAO airport code for Masvingo Airport in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
  • 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_69bd446d05a8819092ad333a3f9c8d5c completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8474e7fc8190ab5dd84f665ae6a4 completed March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06d9aab08190ad9905925a849922 completed March 21, 2026, 9 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf0940d79081909d0f87359df5100f completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0999f36c8190bb707c27228690f7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.