Triple

T19709723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercury Communications E473309 entity
Predicate parentCompany P254 FINISHED
Object Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless was a major British telecommunications company that operated extensive international cable and wireless networks and played a key role in global communications throughout the 20th century.
 E1391626 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: Cable & Wireless | Statement: [Mercury Communications, parentCompany, Cable & Wireless]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cable & Wireless
Context triple: [Mercury Communications, parentCompany, Cable & Wireless]
  • A. Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited
    Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited is a major telecommunications provider in Barbados offering services such as fixed-line, mobile, and internet connectivity.
  • B. International CableTel Inc.
    International CableTel Inc. was a telecommunications company that became the foundation for what later evolved into NTL Incorporated, a major UK cable and broadband provider.
  • C. Tata Communications
    Tata Communications is a global digital infrastructure and telecommunications services provider headquartered in India, offering network, cloud, security, and collaboration solutions to enterprises worldwide.
  • D. BT Group
    BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Cable & Wireless
Triple: [Mercury Communications, parentCompany, Cable & Wireless]
Generated description
Cable & Wireless was a major British telecommunications company that operated extensive international cable and wireless networks and played a key role in global communications throughout the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cable & Wireless
Target entity description: Cable & Wireless was a major British telecommunications company that operated extensive international cable and wireless networks and played a key role in global communications throughout the 20th century.
  • A. Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited
    Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited is a major telecommunications provider in Barbados offering services such as fixed-line, mobile, and internet connectivity.
  • B. International CableTel Inc.
    International CableTel Inc. was a telecommunications company that became the foundation for what later evolved into NTL Incorporated, a major UK cable and broadband provider.
  • C. Tata Communications
    Tata Communications is a global digital infrastructure and telecommunications services provider headquartered in India, offering network, cloud, security, and collaboration solutions to enterprises worldwide.
  • D. BT Group
    BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64406f9808190acd74aa03c392eb0 completed April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ab9cbf0c8190a34ceeeb9960677b completed May 15, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ac51fddc8190840698fb5cee0ea0 completed May 15, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07ae6493608190b8bc885ab8a916b2 completed May 15, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.