Triple

T5299779
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AOL–Time Warner merger E119946 entity
Predicate createdEntity P6165 FINISHED
Object AOL Time Warner
AOL Time Warner was a major American media and communications conglomerate formed by the merger of internet company AOL and media giant Time Warner in 2001.
E119946 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: AOL Time Warner | Statement: [AOL–Time Warner merger, createdEntity, AOL Time Warner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AOL Time Warner
Context triple: [AOL–Time Warner merger, createdEntity, AOL Time Warner]
  • A. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • B. AOL–Time Warner merger
    The AOL–Time Warner merger was a landmark 2000 corporate deal that combined internet giant AOL with media conglomerate Time Warner, later becoming infamous as one of the most disastrous mergers in business history.
  • C. AOL
    AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • D. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • E. Warner Communications
    Warner Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that became a core component of the later Time Warner corporation.
  • 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: AOL Time Warner
Triple: [AOL–Time Warner merger, createdEntity, AOL Time Warner]
Generated description
AOL Time Warner was a major American media and communications conglomerate formed by the merger of internet company AOL and media giant Time Warner in 2001.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AOL Time Warner
Target entity description: AOL Time Warner was a major American media and communications conglomerate formed by the merger of internet company AOL and media giant Time Warner in 2001.
  • A. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • B. AOL–Time Warner merger chosen
    The AOL–Time Warner merger was a landmark 2000 corporate deal that combined internet giant AOL with media conglomerate Time Warner, later becoming infamous as one of the most disastrous mergers in business history.
  • C. AOL
    AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • D. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • E. Warner Communications
    Warner Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that became a core component of the later Time Warner corporation.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd850877688190a611d6293ca58d94 completed March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21b22be08190ad5d3d6b12b80bcb completed March 21, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf221994c48190ab6f9bd827046660 completed March 21, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf227942c0819099df4b45bed37dbd completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.