Triple

T704217
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Company E14064 entity
Predicate tickerSymbol P1447 FINISHED
Object SO
SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
 E86592 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: SO | Statement: [Southern Company, tickerSymbol, SO]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SO
Context triple: [Southern Company, tickerSymbol, SO]
  • A. SO
    SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
  • B. S
    S is the New York City Subway service designation used for the 42nd Street Shuttle, a short line connecting Times Square and Grand Central in Manhattan.
  • C. S
    S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
  • D. SE
    SE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Sweden in international standards and systems.
  • E. Sol
    Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
  • 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: SO
Triple: [Southern Company, tickerSymbol, SO]
Generated description
SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SO
Target entity description: SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
  • A. SO
    SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
  • B. S
    S is the New York City Subway service designation used for the 42nd Street Shuttle, a short line connecting Times Square and Grand Central in Manhattan.
  • C. S
    S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
  • D. SE
    SE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Sweden in international standards and systems.
  • E. Sol
    Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
  • 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a533fa788190bba0f55655469c46 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a63755d1f081909f214ab8d497f096 completed March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a63af75b1881908fa959febc48775e completed March 3, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a63b60e96c8190b4f13bd7076af38a completed March 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.