Triple

T9154261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Viacom Productions E219669 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Viacom Enterprises
Viacom Enterprises was a television distribution and production company that handled syndication and licensing for Viacom’s programming prior to later corporate reorganizations.
E219669 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: Viacom Enterprises | Statement: [Viacom Productions, predecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Enterprises
Context triple: [Viacom Productions, predecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
  • A. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • B. Viacom Productions
    Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Paramount Communications
    Paramount Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owned film, television, publishing, and theme park assets before being acquired by Viacom in the 1990s.
  • E. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • 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: Viacom Enterprises
Triple: [Viacom Productions, predecessor, Viacom Enterprises]
Generated description
Viacom Enterprises was a television distribution and production company that handled syndication and licensing for Viacom’s programming prior to later corporate reorganizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Enterprises
Target entity description: Viacom Enterprises was a television distribution and production company that handled syndication and licensing for Viacom’s programming prior to later corporate reorganizations.
  • A. Viacom
    Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
  • B. Viacom Productions chosen
    Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
  • C. CBS Corporation
    CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
  • D. Paramount Communications
    Paramount Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owned film, television, publishing, and theme park assets before being acquired by Viacom in the 1990s.
  • E. Time Warner
    Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83e25418819093c6503deeaf30de completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca96f87ac8190b2fc6d2b2834c1b6 completed April 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d065c9dcf08190804bd1ae8f7874dc completed April 4, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d066f0aa588190997de81afd8dc0b5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d067e17fac819095544182f3232bf5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.