Triple

T3741318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sprint Corporation E79704 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
 E386876 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: Nextel Communications | Statement: [Sprint Corporation, acquired, Nextel Communications]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nextel Communications
Context triple: [Sprint Corporation, acquired, Nextel Communications]
  • A. Sprint Corporation
    Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
  • 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. Qwest Communications International
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • D. Alltel
    Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
  • E. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • 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: Nextel Communications
Triple: [Sprint Corporation, acquired, Nextel Communications]
Generated description
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nextel Communications
Target entity description: Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
  • A. Sprint Corporation
    Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
  • 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. Qwest Communications International
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • D. Alltel
    Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
  • E. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcb549490819084ebe69aae5ccf95 completed March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e4fce13c8190bedd5c2afe93567c completed March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e9260e608190987501f89b02bce0 completed March 14, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4e9a4ad948190a3d440c1d2c00ba7 completed March 14, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.