Triple
T5421736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Veterans Benefits Administration |
E121267
|
entity |
| Predicate | abbreviation |
P43
|
FINISHED |
| Object | VBA |
E121267
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: VBA | Statement: [Veterans Benefits Administration, abbreviation, VBA]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VBA Context triple: [Veterans Benefits Administration, abbreviation, VBA]
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A.
VBA
VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is a Microsoft event-driven programming language used primarily to automate tasks and extend functionality in Office applications like Excel and Access.
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B.
VBA
chosen
VBA is the commonly used abbreviation for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Benefits Administration, which oversees and delivers a wide range of benefits to military veterans and their families.
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C.
Visual Basic
Visual Basic is an event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, widely used for building Windows applications with a relatively simple, BASIC-derived syntax.
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D.
VB
VB is the IATA airline designator used by Viva Aerobus, a Mexican low-cost carrier.
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E.
VB
VB is the provincial code for the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd463b58d88190b258261573de9e91 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd87eac41481908a4982db5d119edd |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3ab7f6b481908fead172fbdafe36 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.