Triple
T9623993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Centrica |
E232411
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorBrand |
P40804
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British Gas
British Gas is a leading UK energy and home services company, best known as a major supplier of gas and electricity to residential customers.
|
E232411
|
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: British Gas | Statement: [Centrica, hasMajorBrand, British Gas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Gas Context triple: [Centrica, hasMajorBrand, British Gas]
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A.
British Gas Corporation
British Gas Corporation was the state-owned national gas utility in the United Kingdom, responsible for the production, distribution, and supply of gas before its privatization and breakup in the 1980s.
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B.
National Grid Gas plc
National Grid Gas plc is a UK-based company responsible for owning and operating the high-pressure gas transmission network in Great Britain.
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C.
Centrica
Centrica is a British multinational energy and services company best known as the owner of British Gas and a major supplier of gas and electricity in the UK and Ireland.
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D.
United Utilities
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and managing water infrastructure across North West England.
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E.
Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Scottish and Southern Energy plc is a major UK-based energy company involved in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity and gas, as well as related energy services.
- 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: British Gas Triple: [Centrica, hasMajorBrand, British Gas]
Generated description
British Gas is a leading UK energy and home services company, best known as a major supplier of gas and electricity to residential customers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Gas Target entity description: British Gas is a leading UK energy and home services company, best known as a major supplier of gas and electricity to residential customers.
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A.
British Gas Corporation
British Gas Corporation was the state-owned national gas utility in the United Kingdom, responsible for the production, distribution, and supply of gas before its privatization and breakup in the 1980s.
-
B.
National Grid Gas plc
National Grid Gas plc is a UK-based company responsible for owning and operating the high-pressure gas transmission network in Great Britain.
-
C.
Centrica
chosen
Centrica is a British multinational energy and services company best known as the owner of British Gas and a major supplier of gas and electricity in the UK and Ireland.
-
D.
United Utilities
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and managing water infrastructure across North West England.
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E.
Scottish and Southern Energy plc
Scottish and Southern Energy plc is a major UK-based energy company involved in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity and gas, as well as related energy services.
- 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_69ca848793ec8190a93a12383a754dc0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9ad76b148190a38fadee06594db4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d19f66dba08190bf8b76cf7a248746 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1a1c0a35c8190866c0601d9923679 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1a1fed244819082dae7de270a528e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:10 p.m.