Triple
T18906070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forstmann Little & Co. |
E462465
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Topps Company
Topps Company is an American company best known for producing sports trading cards and related collectibles.
|
E1348864
|
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: Topps Company | Statement: [Forstmann Little & Co., acquired, Topps Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topps Company Context triple: [Forstmann Little & Co., acquired, Topps Company]
-
A.
Upper Deck
Upper Deck is a modernist painting by American artist Charles Sheeler that exemplifies his precisionist style through its clean lines and industrial subject matter.
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B.
Panini Group
Panini Group is an Italian publishing and collectibles company best known worldwide for its sticker albums, trading cards, and comic book publishing.
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C.
Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a global consumer goods company known for its wide portfolio of household, writing, and outdoor product brands such as Rubbermaid, Sharpie, and Coleman.
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D.
Wrigley Company
Wrigley Company is a historic American chewing gum manufacturer best known for brands like Wrigley's Spearmint, Juicy Fruit, and Orbit, now operating as a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.
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E.
Hasbro
Hasbro is a major American toy and entertainment company known for creating and owning popular brands such as Transformers, My Little Pony, and Monopoly.
- 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: Topps Company Triple: [Forstmann Little & Co., acquired, Topps Company]
Generated description
Topps Company is an American company best known for producing sports trading cards and related collectibles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topps Company Target entity description: Topps Company is an American company best known for producing sports trading cards and related collectibles.
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A.
Upper Deck
Upper Deck is a modernist painting by American artist Charles Sheeler that exemplifies his precisionist style through its clean lines and industrial subject matter.
-
B.
Panini Group
Panini Group is an Italian publishing and collectibles company best known worldwide for its sticker albums, trading cards, and comic book publishing.
-
C.
Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a global consumer goods company known for its wide portfolio of household, writing, and outdoor product brands such as Rubbermaid, Sharpie, and Coleman.
-
D.
Wrigley Company
Wrigley Company is a historic American chewing gum manufacturer best known for brands like Wrigley's Spearmint, Juicy Fruit, and Orbit, now operating as a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated.
-
E.
Hasbro
Hasbro is a major American toy and entertainment company known for creating and owning popular brands such as Transformers, My Little Pony, and Monopoly.
- 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5c52cc9cc8190ac489d36e51693c8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0582bf4f9481908098c8d405225553 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a05899f7a008190a9b0324f403f09ac |
completed | May 14, 2026, 8:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a058a1028288190b9fddb9b6b123651 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.