Triple

T5934168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Veolia Environnement E132003 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Veolia Environmental Services
Veolia Environmental Services is a global company specializing in waste management, recycling, and environmental services for municipalities and industries.
E132003 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Veolia Environmental Services | Statement: [Veolia Environnement, hasSubsidiary, Veolia Environmental Services]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veolia Environmental Services
Context triple: [Veolia Environnement, hasSubsidiary, Veolia Environmental Services]
  • A. Veolia Environnement
    Veolia Environnement is a French multinational company specializing in water, waste, and energy management services worldwide.
  • B. Waste Management, Inc.
    Waste Management, Inc. is a leading North American provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers.
  • C. Black & Veatch
    Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
  • D. Xylem Inc.
    Xylem Inc. is a global water technology company that designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for water and wastewater transport, treatment, and testing.
  • E. Clean Water Services
    Clean Water Services is a public utility in Oregon that provides wastewater treatment, water resource management, and environmental services for the Tualatin River watershed and surrounding communities.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veolia Environmental Services
Target entity description: Veolia Environmental Services is a global company specializing in waste management, recycling, and environmental services for municipalities and industries.
  • A. Veolia Environnement chosen
    Veolia Environnement is a French multinational company specializing in water, waste, and energy management services worldwide.
  • B. Waste Management, Inc.
    Waste Management, Inc. is a leading North American provider of waste collection, recycling, and disposal services for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers.
  • C. Black & Veatch
    Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
  • D. Xylem Inc.
    Xylem Inc. is a global water technology company that designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for water and wastewater transport, treatment, and testing.
  • E. Clean Water Services
    Clean Water Services is a public utility in Oregon that provides wastewater treatment, water resource management, and environmental services for the Tualatin River watershed and surrounding communities.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Veolia Environmental Services
Triple: [Veolia Environnement, hasSubsidiary, Veolia Environmental Services]
Generated description
Veolia Environmental Services is a global company specializing in waste management, recycling, and environmental services for municipalities and industries.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c0085c55dc8190aa90e242c956e2fa elicitation completed
NER batch_69c038a0c4e481908170d615330edb1a ner completed
NED1 batch_69c0e3b68a1c81908a219ffee8300e02 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c0f76626208190a6fe34192f3d4e2e ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c0f69ac3f8819093ef9965395b5a44 nedg completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.