Triple
T22504425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colas |
E556352
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colas UK
Colas UK is a British infrastructure and road construction company that forms part of the global Colas Group.
|
E889005
|
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: Colas UK | Statement: [Colas, hasSubsidiary, Colas UK]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colas UK Context triple: [Colas, hasSubsidiary, Colas UK]
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A.
Colas Rail
Colas Rail is a UK-based rail freight and infrastructure company that provides track maintenance, engineering, and logistics services across the British railway network.
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B.
Longvic
Longvic is a commune in eastern France’s Côte-d’Or department, forming part of the suburban area just southeast of the city of Dijon.
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C.
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom, specializing in construction, engineering, and support services for major public and private sector projects.
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D.
Caparo Group
Caparo Group is a diversified British industrial company known for its steel, engineering, and automotive components businesses, founded by industrialist Lord Paul of Marylebone.
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E.
Eversholt
Eversholt is a small rural village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, known for its traditional English countryside character and historic church.
- 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: Colas UK Triple: [Colas, hasSubsidiary, Colas UK]
Generated description
Colas UK is a British infrastructure and road construction company that forms part of the global Colas Group.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colas UK Target entity description: Colas UK is a British infrastructure and road construction company that forms part of the global Colas Group.
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A.
Colas Rail
chosen
Colas Rail is a UK-based rail freight and infrastructure company that provides track maintenance, engineering, and logistics services across the British railway network.
-
B.
Longvic
Longvic is a commune in eastern France’s Côte-d’Or department, forming part of the suburban area just southeast of the city of Dijon.
-
C.
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom, specializing in construction, engineering, and support services for major public and private sector projects.
-
D.
Caparo Group
Caparo Group is a diversified British industrial company known for its steel, engineering, and automotive components businesses, founded by industrialist Lord Paul of Marylebone.
-
E.
Eversholt
Eversholt is a small rural village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, known for its traditional English countryside character and historic church.
- 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_69e11e555edc81909ca803587dafd747 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15d5ac5808190a66f9111c350f4dc |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b17e860888190b5c74df43a9890e9 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b18ad4f608190a6947aeb790d8be7 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b1979fe088190a06edb086d6b2b46 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 1:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:50 p.m.