Triple
T5481455
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan |
E123474
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedByMergerOf |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan was a former government ministry responsible for overseeing postal services and telecommunications before being integrated into a larger administrative body.
|
E123474
|
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: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan | Statement: [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, formedByMergerOf, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan Context triple: [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, formedByMergerOf, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan]
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A.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a central government ministry responsible for overseeing administrative affairs, local governance, public management, and telecommunications policy in Japan.
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B.
Japan Post
Japan Post is Japan’s national postal service operator, providing mail delivery, logistics, and related financial services across the country.
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C.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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D.
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically)
The historical Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was a UK government department responsible for overseeing postal services and telecommunications policy, including the operations of the British Post Office.
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E.
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs
The People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs was a Soviet government ministry responsible for managing and controlling postal and telecommunication services in the early USSR.
- 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: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan Triple: [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, formedByMergerOf, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan]
Generated description
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan was a former government ministry responsible for overseeing postal services and telecommunications before being integrated into a larger administrative body.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan Target entity description: The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan was a former government ministry responsible for overseeing postal services and telecommunications before being integrated into a larger administrative body.
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A.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
chosen
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan is a central government ministry responsible for overseeing administrative affairs, local governance, public management, and telecommunications policy in Japan.
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B.
Japan Post
Japan Post is Japan’s national postal service operator, providing mail delivery, logistics, and related financial services across the country.
-
C.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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D.
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically)
The historical Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was a UK government department responsible for overseeing postal services and telecommunications policy, including the operations of the British Post Office.
-
E.
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs
The People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs was a Soviet government ministry responsible for managing and controlling postal and telecommunication services in the early USSR.
- 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_69bd4648883481909e9775d43300c5fa |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd924a2eb08190b759b23a6eab5e0a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf48a2880c8190ad76cf8c3862aede |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf4a95375881909ba730ad108eee8b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf4afb47a88190a66de6b6c7d5c241 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.