Triple
T7674420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carlton Communications |
E173824
|
entity |
| Predicate | held |
P3134
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
ITV Midlands franchise
The ITV Midlands franchise was the regional television broadcasting licence for the English Midlands within the ITV network, providing local programming and commercial TV services to that area.
|
E681203
|
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: ITV Midlands franchise | Statement: [Carlton Communications, held, ITV Midlands franchise]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ITV Midlands franchise Context triple: [Carlton Communications, held, ITV Midlands franchise]
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A.
ITV London weekday franchise
The ITV London weekday franchise was the regional television service that broadcast ITV programming to the London area on weekdays, historically operated by companies such as Associated-Rediffusion and later Thames Television.
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B.
ITV Digital
ITV Digital was a short-lived British digital terrestrial television service that collapsed in 2002 after financial difficulties, paving the way for its replacement by Freeview.
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C.
ITV North of England
ITV North of England was a regional television service in the United Kingdom that provided ITV network programming to viewers in the northern part of England, primarily through the Granada Television franchise.
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D.
ITV
ITV is a major British free-to-air television network and media company known for its popular entertainment, drama, and news programming.
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E.
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a major British television production and distribution company responsible for creating and selling a wide range of popular TV programs worldwide.
- 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: ITV Midlands franchise Triple: [Carlton Communications, held, ITV Midlands franchise]
Generated description
The ITV Midlands franchise was the regional television broadcasting licence for the English Midlands within the ITV network, providing local programming and commercial TV services to that area.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ITV Midlands franchise Target entity description: The ITV Midlands franchise was the regional television broadcasting licence for the English Midlands within the ITV network, providing local programming and commercial TV services to that area.
-
A.
ITV London weekday franchise
The ITV London weekday franchise was the regional television service that broadcast ITV programming to the London area on weekdays, historically operated by companies such as Associated-Rediffusion and later Thames Television.
-
B.
ITV Digital
ITV Digital was a short-lived British digital terrestrial television service that collapsed in 2002 after financial difficulties, paving the way for its replacement by Freeview.
-
C.
ITV North of England
ITV North of England was a regional television service in the United Kingdom that provided ITV network programming to viewers in the northern part of England, primarily through the Granada Television franchise.
-
D.
ITV
ITV is a major British free-to-air television network and media company known for its popular entertainment, drama, and news programming.
-
E.
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a major British television production and distribution company responsible for creating and selling a wide range of popular TV programs worldwide.
- 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_69c6995703e0819081de77361b602e78 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701e1e530819086f49f63ba0b7b42 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8a234790c8190b1427f99b7f1e5ab |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8a31b932c8190b8be20c92009210b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8a3f3b02081909cfb61d34f97fe07 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4 p.m.