USW
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USW is the stock ticker symbol for US West, a former regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the western United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USW canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7492327 — 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: USW Context triple: [US West, tickerSymbol, USW]
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A.
UNSA
UNSA is a major public university in Arequipa, Peru, known for its broad range of academic programs and significant regional influence in education and research.
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B.
UNSA
UNSA is the commonly used acronym for the University of Sarajevo, the largest and oldest public university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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C.
USAB
USAB is the commonly used abbreviation for USA Basketball, the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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D.
USASA
The USASA (United States Adult Soccer Association) is the national governing body for adult amateur soccer in the United States, organizing regional and national competitions and serving as a key pathway into tournaments like the U.S. Open Cup.
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E.
USAP
USAP is a professional rugby union club based in Perpignan, France, known for its rich history and passionate Catalan identity.
- 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: USW Target entity description: USW is the stock ticker symbol for US West, a former regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the western United States.
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A.
UNSA
UNSA is a major public university in Arequipa, Peru, known for its broad range of academic programs and significant regional influence in education and research.
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B.
UNSA
UNSA is the commonly used acronym for the University of Sarajevo, the largest and oldest public university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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C.
USAB
USAB is the commonly used abbreviation for USA Basketball, the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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D.
USASA
The USASA (United States Adult Soccer Association) is the national governing body for adult amateur soccer in the United States, organizing regional and national competitions and serving as a key pathway into tournaments like the U.S. Open Cup.
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E.
USAP
USAP is a professional rugby union club based in Perpignan, France, known for its rich history and passionate Catalan identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stock ticker symbol
ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | USW ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baby Bell
ⓘ
linked to:
Baby Bells
Regional Bell Operating Company ⓘ
linked to:
Regional Bell Operating Companies
|
| associatedWithEvent | merger with Qwest Communications International ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formedFrom | Bell System divestiture ⓘ |
| industry |
telecommunications
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
western United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ |
| origin | breakup of AT&T ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterMerger | Qwest Communications International ⓘ |
| partOf | Regional Bell Operating Companies ⓘ |
| represents | US West ⓘ |
| serviceType |
data services
ⓘ
internet services ⓘ local telephone service ⓘ long-distance service ⓘ wireless services ⓘ |
| status | delisted ⓘ |
| successor | Qwest Communications International ⓘ |
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: USW Description of subject: USW is the stock ticker symbol for US West, a former regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the western United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
USW