Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Caledonian E170073 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object British United Airways
British United Airways was a major independent British airline that operated from the early 1960s until the 1970s, providing domestic and international scheduled and charter services before being reorganized into later carriers.
E663128 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: British United Airways | Statement: [British Caledonian, predecessor, British United Airways]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British United Airways
Context triple: [British Caledonian, predecessor, British United Airways]
  • A. Imperial Airways
    Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • B. British Overseas Airways Corporation
    British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
  • C. Britannia Airways
    Britannia Airways was a major British charter airline that operated holiday flights across Europe and beyond before being rebranded under the Thomson name.
  • D. British European Airways
    British European Airways was a former British state-owned airline that operated domestic and European routes from the late 1940s until its merger into British Airways in 1974.
  • E. British Caledonian
    British Caledonian was a former independent British airline known for its international routes and distinctive tartan branding before being absorbed into British Airways.
  • 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: British United Airways
Triple: [British Caledonian, predecessor, British United Airways]
Generated description
British United Airways was a major independent British airline that operated from the early 1960s until the 1970s, providing domestic and international scheduled and charter services before being reorganized into later carriers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British United Airways
Target entity description: British United Airways was a major independent British airline that operated from the early 1960s until the 1970s, providing domestic and international scheduled and charter services before being reorganized into later carriers.
  • A. Imperial Airways
    Imperial Airways was a pioneering British commercial airline of the interwar period that operated international routes across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • B. British Overseas Airways Corporation
    British Overseas Airways Corporation was the former British state-owned long-haul airline that operated from 1940 until its merger into what became British Airways.
  • C. Britannia Airways
    Britannia Airways was a major British charter airline that operated holiday flights across Europe and beyond before being rebranded under the Thomson name.
  • D. British European Airways
    British European Airways was a former British state-owned airline that operated domestic and European routes from the late 1940s until its merger into British Airways in 1974.
  • E. British Caledonian
    British Caledonian was a former independent British airline known for its international routes and distinctive tartan branding before being absorbed into British Airways.
  • 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_69c68a5bfaac81909ce7f001dfb70c76 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f1a6643c81909d626c8b6a7a11fd completed March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c81ec60d8481908e1e94ad87529a51 completed March 28, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c81f730ac081908c9d98643c130d6d completed March 28, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c821071a208190958f4cb7ad903fa6 completed March 28, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:07 p.m.