Triple

T5557786
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ask Jeeves E145688 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Ask.com
Ask.com is a question-focused web search engine and portal that evolved from the original Ask Jeeves service, offering users tools to find answers and information online.
E145688 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: Ask.com | Statement: [Ask Jeeves, successor, Ask.com]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ask.com
Context triple: [Ask Jeeves, successor, Ask.com]
  • A. Qwant
    Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
  • B. Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
    Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.
  • C. Yahoo
    Yahoo is a pioneering web services company best known for its web portal, search engine, email service, and online media offerings.
  • D. DuckDuckGo
    DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
  • E. Infoseek
    Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
  • 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: Ask.com
Triple: [Ask Jeeves, successor, Ask.com]
Generated description
Ask.com is a question-focused web search engine and portal that evolved from the original Ask Jeeves service, offering users tools to find answers and information online.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ask.com
Target entity description: Ask.com is a question-focused web search engine and portal that evolved from the original Ask Jeeves service, offering users tools to find answers and information online.
  • A. Qwant
    Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
  • B. Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) chosen
    Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.
  • C. Yahoo
    Yahoo is a pioneering web services company best known for its web portal, search engine, email service, and online media offerings.
  • D. DuckDuckGo
    DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
  • E. Infoseek
    Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
  • 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_69c008fcaf788190bafa02a1917ee73b completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01ffe12cc81908186f28ace0f4d82 completed March 22, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d0681b08190b42f3812ce8a8e45 completed March 22, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04e868cc48190bdb245ba52b9b938 completed March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f0de68c8190817b525f2d8ef327 completed March 22, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.