Triple
T919499
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alibaba Group |
E19850
|
entity |
| Predicate | owns |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alibaba.com
Alibaba.com is a major global online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace connecting suppliers, mainly manufacturers in China and other countries, with buyers around the world.
|
E42930
|
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: Alibaba.com | Statement: [Alibaba Group, owns, Alibaba.com]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alibaba.com Context triple: [Alibaba Group, owns, Alibaba.com]
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A.
Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology, best known for operating major online marketplaces like Taobao and Tmall.
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B.
eBay
eBay is a global e-commerce company best known for its online auction and consumer-to-consumer sales platform.
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C.
Paipai
Paipai are an indigenous people of northern Baja California, Mexico, traditionally speaking a Yuman language and maintaining distinct cultural and historical traditions in the region.
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D.
Amazon
Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
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E.
Coupang
Coupang is a South Korean e-commerce company often called the “Amazon of Korea,” known for its ultra-fast delivery service and dominant online retail platform.
- 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: Alibaba.com Triple: [Alibaba Group, owns, Alibaba.com]
Generated description
Alibaba.com is a major global online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace connecting suppliers, mainly manufacturers in China and other countries, with buyers around the world.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alibaba.com Target entity description: Alibaba.com is a major global online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace connecting suppliers, mainly manufacturers in China and other countries, with buyers around the world.
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A.
Alibaba Group
chosen
Alibaba Group is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology, best known for operating major online marketplaces like Taobao and Tmall.
-
B.
eBay
eBay is a global e-commerce company best known for its online auction and consumer-to-consumer sales platform.
-
C.
Paipai
Paipai are an indigenous people of northern Baja California, Mexico, traditionally speaking a Yuman language and maintaining distinct cultural and historical traditions in the region.
-
D.
Amazon
Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
-
E.
Coupang
Coupang is a South Korean e-commerce company often called the “Amazon of Korea,” known for its ultra-fast delivery service and dominant online retail platform.
- 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_69a493a099788190a696d9d8408cbaf4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3103bf48190af3f8d8b2d0fe918 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7cf62b05c8190b348ccf1e527d38a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7d00886948190984a4e084bd66bf0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7d066a3488190b4737ab9e8093892 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.