Triple

T322107
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Verizon E6433 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object MCI Inc.
MCI Inc. was a major American telecommunications company and long-distance service provider that played a key role in breaking AT&T’s monopoly before eventually being acquired by Verizon.
 E41476 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: MCI Inc. | Statement: [Verizon, acquired, MCI Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MCI Inc.
Context triple: [Verizon, acquired, MCI Inc.]
  • A. NCR Corporation
    NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
  • B. Meredith Corporation
    Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • E. Wirtz Corporation
    Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
  • 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: MCI Inc.
Triple: [Verizon, acquired, MCI Inc.]
Generated description
MCI Inc. was a major American telecommunications company and long-distance service provider that played a key role in breaking AT&T’s monopoly before eventually being acquired by Verizon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MCI Inc.
Target entity description: MCI Inc. was a major American telecommunications company and long-distance service provider that played a key role in breaking AT&T’s monopoly before eventually being acquired by Verizon.
  • A. NCR Corporation
    NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
  • B. Meredith Corporation
    Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
  • C. Goodrich Corporation
    Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
  • D. Cox Enterprises
    Cox Enterprises is a major U.S. privately held media, communications, and automotive services conglomerate.
  • E. Wirtz Corporation
    Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
  • 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.