Triple

T322079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Verizon E6433 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object GTE
GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) was a major U.S. telecommunications company that became one of the largest local telephone service providers before ultimately merging into Verizon.
 E41475 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: GTE | Statement: [Verizon, formedByMergerOf, GTE]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: GTE
Context triple: [Verizon, formedByMergerOf, GTE]
  • A. GTS
    GTS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Global Telecommunication System, an international network for exchanging meteorological data.
  • B. GBE
    GBE is the highest grade of the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the arts, sciences, public services, or charitable work.
  • C. GE
    GE is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Georgia, a nation at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
  • D. Rogers
    Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • E. TEC
    TEC is the commonly used acronym for the Episcopal Church, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the United States.
  • 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: GTE
Triple: [Verizon, formedByMergerOf, GTE]
Generated description
GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) was a major U.S. telecommunications company that became one of the largest local telephone service providers before ultimately merging into Verizon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: GTE
Target entity description: GTE (General Telephone & Electronics Corporation) was a major U.S. telecommunications company that became one of the largest local telephone service providers before ultimately merging into Verizon.
  • A. GTS
    GTS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Global Telecommunication System, an international network for exchanging meteorological data.
  • B. GBE
    GBE is the highest grade of the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the arts, sciences, public services, or charitable work.
  • C. GE
    GE is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Georgia, a nation at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
  • D. Rogers
    Rogers is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • E. TEC
    TEC is the commonly used acronym for the Episcopal Church, a mainline Anglican Christian denomination based in the United States.
  • 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_69a2e7933d6c8190bb2592ad13286ef2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea81a1e88190b3496070eb3d85f5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3cb0203c081909fadc99c2172c87a completed March 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3cb812dc081908a359022c8b5cf58 completed March 1, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3cbedcaf081908b4abdd3c7ce0474 completed March 1, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.