AT&T
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AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T686322 — 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: AT&T Context triple: [Cotton Bowl Classic, formerSponsor, AT&T]
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A.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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B.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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C.
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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D.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
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E.
AT&T Broadband
AT&T Broadband was a major U.S. cable television and high-speed internet provider that became part of Comcast in the early 2000s, significantly expanding Comcast’s national footprint.
- 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: AT&T Target entity description: AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
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A.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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B.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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C.
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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D.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
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E.
AT&T Broadband
AT&T Broadband was a major U.S. cable television and high-speed internet provider that became part of Comcast in the early 2000s, significantly expanding Comcast’s national footprint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquired |
BellSouth
ⓘ
DirecTV ⓘ Time Warner ⓘ |
| areaServed |
North America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| brand |
AT&T Fiber
ⓘ
AT&T Fiber ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Internet
AT&T self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Wireless
|
| competesWith |
Comcast
ⓘ
T-Mobile US ⓘ Verizon ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Communications
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName | American Telephone and Telegraph Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alexander Graham Bell
ⓘ
Gardiner Greene Hubbard ⓘ Thomas Sanders ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfEmployees | over 150000 ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Cricket Wireless ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1885 ⓘ |
| industry |
mass media
ⓘ
technology ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
largest mobile network operators in the United States
ⓘ
largest telecommunications companies in the world ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| offersNetworkTechnology |
4G LTE
ⓘ
5G ⓘ |
| owns |
Warner Bros. Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
WarnerMedia (former)
|
| parentCompanyOf |
AT&T
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Communications
AT&T self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Mobility
|
| predecessor | Bell System ⓘ |
| providesService |
broadband internet
ⓘ
fiber internet ⓘ fixed-line telephone service ⓘ mobile phone service ⓘ pay television ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | T ⓘ |
| wasSubjectOf |
United States v. AT&T
ⓘ
surface form:
1982 Bell System divestiture
|
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: AT&T Description of subject: AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
Referenced by (148)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Corp.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Wireless
this entity surface form:
AT&T (initial, via WarnerMedia spin-off)
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Communications
this entity surface form:
AT&T phone services
this entity surface form:
AT&T Mobility (regional offices)
this entity surface form:
AT&T Mobility
subject surface form:
Bell System Technical Journal
this entity surface form:
AT&T Communications
subject surface form:
U.S. Patent 174465
this entity surface form:
AT&T corporate archives
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
Cingular Wireless
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Wireless
this entity surface form:
Cingular Wireless
subject surface form:
Sprint Corporation
this entity surface form:
AT&T Mobility
this entity surface form:
AT&T Mobility
this entity surface form:
AT&T Communications
this entity surface form:
AT&T Corp.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Corp.
this entity surface form:
AT&T Inc.