Triple
T21719479
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John William Mackay |
E536115
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Postal Telegraph Company |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Postal Telegraph Company | Statement: [John William Mackay, founded, Postal Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postal Telegraph Company Context triple: [John William Mackay, founded, Postal Telegraph Company]
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A.
Atlantic Telegraph Company
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a 19th-century enterprise that built and operated the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, revolutionizing long-distance communication between Europe and North America.
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B.
Imperial Telegraph Administration
The Imperial Telegraph Administration was a late Qing dynasty government agency responsible for developing and managing China’s early telegraph and modern communications network.
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C.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
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D.
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs was the former Irish government department responsible for national postal and telecommunications services before these functions were transferred to successor bodies such as An Post and Telecom Éireann.
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E.
International Telephone & Telegraph
International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
- 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: Postal Telegraph Company Target entity description: The Postal Telegraph Company was a major American telegraph enterprise that competed with Western Union in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, offering nationwide telegraph and cable services.
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A.
Atlantic Telegraph Company
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a 19th-century enterprise that built and operated the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable, revolutionizing long-distance communication between Europe and North America.
-
B.
Imperial Telegraph Administration
The Imperial Telegraph Administration was a late Qing dynasty government agency responsible for developing and managing China’s early telegraph and modern communications network.
-
C.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
-
D.
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs was the former Irish government department responsible for national postal and telecommunications services before these functions were transferred to successor bodies such as An Post and Telecom Éireann.
-
E.
International Telephone & Telegraph
International Telephone & Telegraph was a major 20th-century American conglomerate best known for its global telecommunications operations and later diversified industrial and technology businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0c46c6dd88190a595375fa6ebd701 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69efd96de818819084c268d4775a8e3a |
completed | April 27, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:47 p.m.