Qwest Communications International
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Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qwest Communications International canonical | 6 |
| Qwest Corporation | 3 |
| Qwest | 1 |
| Qwest Communications Company, LLC | 1 |
| Qwest DSL | 1 |
| US West Communications | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1903071 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qwest Communications International Context triple: [Lumen Technologies, acquired, Qwest Communications International]
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A.
Ameritech
Ameritech was a regional telecommunications company formed after the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System, serving the Midwestern United States with local and long-distance phone services.
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B.
BellSouth
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
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C.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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D.
NYNEX
NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
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E.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qwest Communications International Target entity description: Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
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A.
Ameritech
Ameritech was a regional telecommunications company formed after the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System, serving the Midwestern United States with local and long-distance phone services.
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B.
BellSouth
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
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C.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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D.
NYNEX
NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
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E.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
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telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | CenturyLink ⓘ |
| brand |
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Qwest
|
| brandUsedBy |
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Qwest Corporation
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| competedWith |
AT&T
ⓘ
Sprint Corporation ⓘ
surface form:
Sprint Nextel
Verizon ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Communications
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | Philip Anschutz ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Qwest Communications International self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Qwest Corporation
|
| headquartersLocation |
Denver, Colorado
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry | telecommunications ⓘ |
| laterPartOf | Lumen Technologies ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| mergedInto | CenturyLink ⓘ |
| networkType | fiber-optic backbone network ⓘ |
| offeredTechnology |
DSL broadband
ⓘ
IP-based services ⓘ |
| operatedInArea |
14-state local service region in the western United States
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| owns | Qwest fiber-optic network ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | CenturyLink ⓘ |
| product |
AT&T U-verse
ⓘ
surface form:
Qwest Choice TV
Qwest Communications International self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Qwest DSL
|
| providedTo |
business customers
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ wholesale carriers ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| service |
broadband Internet access
ⓘ
business telecommunications services ⓘ data services ⓘ local telephone service ⓘ long-distance telephone service ⓘ wireless services ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
CenturyLink
ⓘ
Lumen Technologies ⓘ |
| telecomCategory |
Internet service provider
ⓘ
incumbent local exchange carrier ⓘ long-distance carrier ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | Q ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Qwest Communications International Description of subject: Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
US West Communications
this entity surface form:
Qwest Corporation
Qwest Communications International
→
hasSubsidiary
→
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Qwest Corporation
Qwest Communications International
→
hasSubsidiary
→
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Qwest Communications International
→
product
→
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Qwest DSL
Qwest Communications International
→
brand
→
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Qwest
Qwest Communications International
→
brandUsedBy
→
Qwest Communications International
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Qwest Corporation