Triple

T6143453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thales Group E137017 entity
Predicate formerlyKnownAs P65 FINISHED
Object Thomson-CSF
Thomson-CSF was a major French electronics and defense systems company that later became part of the Thales Group.
 E93976 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: Thomson-CSF | Statement: [Thales Group, formerlyKnownAs, Thomson-CSF]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomson-CSF
Context triple: [Thales Group, formerlyKnownAs, Thomson-CSF]
  • A. Thomson SA
    Thomson SA was a major French electronics and media conglomerate known for its consumer electronics, broadcasting, and defense-related technologies.
  • B. Thomson-CSF Racal
    Thomson-CSF Racal was a major defense electronics and communications company formed through the integration of French firm Thomson-CSF and UK-based Racal, known for producing advanced military and secure communication systems.
  • C. Telemecanique
    Telemecanique is an industrial automation and control products brand specializing in sensors, motor control, and safety solutions, now operating under Schneider Electric.
  • D. Thomson Corporation
    Thomson Corporation was a major Canadian multinational media and information company that became one of the world’s largest providers of news and financial data before merging to form Thomson Reuters.
  • E. Alcatel Alsthom
    Alcatel Alsthom was a major French industrial conglomerate active in telecommunications, power generation, and transport infrastructure before being restructured and rebranded as Alcatel.
  • 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: Thomson-CSF
Triple: [Thales Group, formerlyKnownAs, Thomson-CSF]
Generated description
Thomson-CSF was a major French electronics and defense systems company that later became part of the Thales Group.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomson-CSF
Target entity description: Thomson-CSF was a major French electronics and defense systems company that later became part of the Thales Group.
  • A. Thomson SA
    Thomson SA was a major French electronics and media conglomerate known for its consumer electronics, broadcasting, and defense-related technologies.
  • B. Thomson-CSF Racal chosen
    Thomson-CSF Racal was a major defense electronics and communications company formed through the integration of French firm Thomson-CSF and UK-based Racal, known for producing advanced military and secure communication systems.
  • C. Telemecanique
    Telemecanique is an industrial automation and control products brand specializing in sensors, motor control, and safety solutions, now operating under Schneider Electric.
  • D. Thomson Corporation
    Thomson Corporation was a major Canadian multinational media and information company that became one of the world’s largest providers of news and financial data before merging to form Thomson Reuters.
  • E. Alcatel Alsthom
    Alcatel Alsthom was a major French industrial conglomerate active in telecommunications, power generation, and transport infrastructure before being restructured and rebranded as Alcatel.
  • 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05cb50cb0819081ac64becf7aaf55 completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c135f88db881908b8a5d9c35bf0fbb completed March 23, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c13742de1c819093404a1a951a0af0 completed March 23, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c137c384288190a485594f20f7256b completed March 23, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.