Triple
T8505729
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dover Publications |
E201327
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Courier Corporation |
E739381
|
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: Courier Corporation | Statement: [Dover Publications, acquiredBy, Courier Corporation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Courier Corporation Context triple: [Dover Publications, acquiredBy, Courier Corporation]
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A.
Courier Corporation
chosen
Courier Corporation is an American publishing company best known for owning Dover Publications and specializing in reprints and specialty print products.
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B.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
TNT Express
TNT Express is an international courier and logistics company known for its global parcel delivery and express mail services.
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E.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
- 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe5d8b7208190b199c56bf366c692 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce88e0e08c819085d29157349a6ef6 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.