Triple

T8620171
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgin Group E204142 entity
Predicate foundedAs P364 FINISHED
Object Virgin Mail-Order Records
Virgin Mail-Order Records was the original mail-order music business that served as the foundation for Richard Branson’s Virgin brand and later expansion into the Virgin Group.
 E746823 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: Virgin Mail-Order Records | Statement: [Virgin Group, foundedAs, Virgin Mail-Order Records]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Virgin Mail-Order Records
Context triple: [Virgin Group, foundedAs, Virgin Mail-Order Records]
  • A. Saint Records
    Saint Records is an independent record label founded by Solange Knowles to champion experimental R&B and underrepresented artists.
  • B. High Street Records
    High Street Records is a sublabel of Windham Hill Records that focused on contemporary singer-songwriter and folk-oriented releases.
  • C. Mechanic Records
    Mechanic Records is a music label known for releasing progressive metal and rock albums, including works by bands like Dream Theater.
  • D. Randy’s Records
    Randy’s Records is a record store and music retailer known for its extensive selection of vinyl records and role in its local music community.
  • E. Homestead Records
    Homestead Records was an influential American independent record label active in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for releasing pioneering underground rock, punk, and noise music.
  • 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: Virgin Mail-Order Records
Triple: [Virgin Group, foundedAs, Virgin Mail-Order Records]
Generated description
Virgin Mail-Order Records was the original mail-order music business that served as the foundation for Richard Branson’s Virgin brand and later expansion into the Virgin Group.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Virgin Mail-Order Records
Target entity description: Virgin Mail-Order Records was the original mail-order music business that served as the foundation for Richard Branson’s Virgin brand and later expansion into the Virgin Group.
  • A. Saint Records
    Saint Records is an independent record label founded by Solange Knowles to champion experimental R&B and underrepresented artists.
  • B. High Street Records
    High Street Records is a sublabel of Windham Hill Records that focused on contemporary singer-songwriter and folk-oriented releases.
  • C. Mechanic Records
    Mechanic Records is a music label known for releasing progressive metal and rock albums, including works by bands like Dream Theater.
  • D. Randy’s Records
    Randy’s Records is a record store and music retailer known for its extensive selection of vinyl records and role in its local music community.
  • E. Homestead Records
    Homestead Records was an influential American independent record label active in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for releasing pioneering underground rock, punk, and noise music.
  • 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_69ca832ceab8819096e4a9f546695079 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc471458f48190a6d8858f8074727d completed March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebbd49cc8819093555edf5ff0acaa completed April 2, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebcc22d208190801b4ec58614dfcb completed April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cebdf3f288819088d83165c741d092 completed April 2, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:26 p.m.