Triple

T1565745
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bell System E33427 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object NYNEX
NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
E180265 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: NYNEX | Statement: [Bell System, successor, NYNEX]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NYNEX
Context triple: [Bell System, successor, NYNEX]
  • A. 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.
  • 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.
  • C. Northern Telecom
    Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
  • D. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
  • E. AT&T
    AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
  • 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: NYNEX
Triple: [Bell System, successor, NYNEX]
Generated description
NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NYNEX
Target entity description: NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
  • A. 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.
  • 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.
  • C. Northern Telecom
    Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
  • D. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
  • E. AT&T
    AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2308bec81909d1660934eff171b completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad469474c88190b80d6d7a30c9e19d completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad470069f08190b886041d1a1c7707 completed March 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad475d9528819086546aae6db74e19 completed March 8, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.