Triple
T6371450
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Weather Channel |
E143353
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bain Capital |
E306558
|
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: Bain Capital | Statement: [The Weather Channel, formerOwner, Bain Capital]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bain Capital Context triple: [The Weather Channel, formerOwner, Bain Capital]
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A.
Bain Capital
chosen
Bain Capital is a prominent private investment firm based in Boston, known for its leveraged buyouts, private equity, and alternative asset management activities worldwide.
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B.
The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a major global private equity and investment firm known for managing large alternative asset portfolios and employing prominent political and financial figures.
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C.
Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus is a global private equity firm known for growth investing across a wide range of industries and regions.
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D.
Blackstone Group
Blackstone Group is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge fund solutions.
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E.
Berkshire Partners
Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm known for investing in and acquiring middle-market companies across a range of industries.
- 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_69c008d8c61081908bcaf61510d881ed |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c068289eac8190a17affed87340c1f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6386f361c819098dbe01b0cb07b06 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:33 p.m.