Triple

T19717899
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Exelis Inc. E473527 entity
Predicate tickerSymbol P1447 FINISHED
Object XLS
XLS was the stock ticker symbol for Exelis Inc., an American aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that was later acquired by Harris Corporation.
 E1391206 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: XLS | Statement: [Exelis Inc., tickerSymbol, XLS]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: XLS
Context triple: [Exelis Inc., tickerSymbol, XLS]
  • A. XLS
    XLS is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Saint-Louis Airport in Senegal.
  • B. SXC
    SXC is the stock ticker symbol for SunCoke Energy, Inc., a U.S.-based producer of coke used in steelmaking and a provider of related logistics services.
  • C. Excel
    Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software by Microsoft that enables data organization, analysis, visualization, and basic to advanced analytics through formulas, functions, and tools like PivotTables.
  • D. Excel
    Excel is a high-specification trim level of the Toyota Auris that offers upgraded comfort, technology, and styling features compared to lower trims.
  • E. Excello
    Excello is a small unincorporated community located in Macon County, Missouri, in the United States.
  • 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: XLS
Triple: [Exelis Inc., tickerSymbol, XLS]
Generated description
XLS was the stock ticker symbol for Exelis Inc., an American aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that was later acquired by Harris Corporation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: XLS
Target entity description: XLS was the stock ticker symbol for Exelis Inc., an American aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that was later acquired by Harris Corporation.
  • A. XLS
    XLS is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Saint-Louis Airport in Senegal.
  • B. SXC
    SXC is the stock ticker symbol for SunCoke Energy, Inc., a U.S.-based producer of coke used in steelmaking and a provider of related logistics services.
  • C. Excel
    Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software by Microsoft that enables data organization, analysis, visualization, and basic to advanced analytics through formulas, functions, and tools like PivotTables.
  • D. Excel
    Excel is a high-specification trim level of the Toyota Auris that offers upgraded comfort, technology, and styling features compared to lower trims.
  • E. Excello
    Excello is a small unincorporated community located in Macon County, Missouri, in the United States.
  • 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6440ec9e881909b75c0ebefab827f completed April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07aba36954819085e53a67388086ab completed May 15, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ae091db48190a68d7744860bcb0e completed May 15, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07aed8393481908f2bc48a3efc599a completed May 15, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.