Triple

T6428210
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wendell Willkie E128111 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
E592447 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: Commonwealth & Southern Corporation | Statement: [Wendell Willkie, employer, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Context triple: [Wendell Willkie, employer, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation]
  • A. SunTrust Banks
    SunTrust Banks was a major American regional bank holding company based in the southeastern United States that later became part of Truist Financial.
  • B. BBVA Compass Bancshares
    BBVA Compass Bancshares is a U.S.-based banking holding company that operated the BBVA Compass retail and commercial banking network, primarily in the Sunbelt region, before its acquisition by PNC Financial Services.
  • C. PNC Financial Services
    PNC Financial Services is a major American bank holding company and financial services corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • D. Western Capital
    Western Capital is a historical Chinese city name traditionally used to designate a western seat of imperial power, most famously associated with ancient Chang'an (modern Xi'an).
  • E. Fifth Third Bank
    Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
  • 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: Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Triple: [Wendell Willkie, employer, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation]
Generated description
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Target entity description: Commonwealth & Southern Corporation was a major American electric utility holding company in the early 20th century, known for its extensive regional power operations and for employing future presidential candidate Wendell Willkie as its president.
  • A. SunTrust Banks
    SunTrust Banks was a major American regional bank holding company based in the southeastern United States that later became part of Truist Financial.
  • B. BBVA Compass Bancshares
    BBVA Compass Bancshares is a U.S.-based banking holding company that operated the BBVA Compass retail and commercial banking network, primarily in the Sunbelt region, before its acquisition by PNC Financial Services.
  • C. PNC Financial Services
    PNC Financial Services is a major American bank holding company and financial services corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • D. Western Capital
    Western Capital is a historical Chinese city name traditionally used to designate a western seat of imperial power, most famously associated with ancient Chang'an (modern Xi'an).
  • E. Fifth Third Bank
    Fifth Third Bank is a major U.S. regional banking corporation offering retail, commercial, and financial services, primarily serving customers across the Midwest and Southeast.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69c00838de888190af2eec0b80495efa completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06922a27881908c5571f2aa31e0c1 completed March 22, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c640e678608190b5a1dcd1076bc1f2 completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c641d6024c8190996aae40851a3b73 completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6425e0a348190bc1eb90eb8c00597 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.