Triple
T20894832
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United Telecommunications |
E514504
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFormerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United Utilities
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and treating water across North West England.
|
E237136
|
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: United Utilities | Statement: [United Telecommunications, hasFormerName, United Utilities]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Utilities Context triple: [United Telecommunications, hasFormerName, United Utilities]
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A.
United Utilities
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and managing water infrastructure across North West England.
-
B.
Anglian Water
Anglian Water is a major water and wastewater services company in England, serving much of the east of the country.
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C.
Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent Water is a major UK water and wastewater services company supplying and managing water resources across the Midlands and surrounding regions.
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D.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water is a major water supply and wastewater services company responsible for managing water resources and infrastructure across Yorkshire, England.
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E.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit water and wastewater services company serving customers across Wales and parts of England.
- 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: United Utilities Triple: [United Telecommunications, hasFormerName, United Utilities]
Generated description
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and treating water across North West England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Utilities Target entity description: United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and treating water across North West England.
-
A.
United Utilities
chosen
United Utilities is a major British water and wastewater services company responsible for supplying and managing water infrastructure across North West England.
-
B.
Anglian Water
Anglian Water is a major water and wastewater services company in England, serving much of the east of the country.
-
C.
Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent Water is a major UK water and wastewater services company supplying and managing water resources across the Midlands and surrounding regions.
-
D.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water is a major water supply and wastewater services company responsible for managing water resources and infrastructure across Yorkshire, England.
-
E.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit water and wastewater services company serving customers across Wales and parts of England.
- 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_69e0b4f7ebe48190952a85547a0f31a1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6d06129788190b88ab807af4641c1 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a091fbc0ba081909ab6e1fee7f88a14 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a092007c7808190ac9a39eb68cf9b9e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0920d752888190bffcfa7ce75cd2ad |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:47 p.m.