Triple

T4426057
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lifeline program E95211 entity
Predicate fundingSource P67 FINISHED
Object Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers
Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers are mandatory payments collected from phone and broadband companies to finance federal programs that make telecommunications services more affordable and accessible.
E438393 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: Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers | Statement: [Lifeline program, fundingSource, Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers
Context triple: [Lifeline program, fundingSource, Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers]
  • A. E-Rate program
    The E-Rate program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted telecommunications, internet access, and related services to schools and libraries to support affordable connectivity for education.
  • B. Annex on Telecommunications
    The Annex on Telecommunications is a supplementary legal text to the General Agreement on Trade in Services that sets specific rules and principles governing access to and use of public telecommunications networks and services in international trade.
  • C. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
    The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
  • D. Joint Committee on 2G Spectrum
    The Joint Committee on 2G Spectrum was a special parliamentary panel in India formed to investigate alleged irregularities and corruption in the allocation of 2G telecommunications spectrum licenses.
  • E. Telecommunications Act of 1996
    The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
  • 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: Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers
Triple: [Lifeline program, fundingSource, Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers]
Generated description
Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers are mandatory payments collected from phone and broadband companies to finance federal programs that make telecommunications services more affordable and accessible.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers
Target entity description: Universal Service Fund contributions from telecommunications providers are mandatory payments collected from phone and broadband companies to finance federal programs that make telecommunications services more affordable and accessible.
  • A. E-Rate program
    The E-Rate program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted telecommunications, internet access, and related services to schools and libraries to support affordable connectivity for education.
  • B. Annex on Telecommunications
    The Annex on Telecommunications is a supplementary legal text to the General Agreement on Trade in Services that sets specific rules and principles governing access to and use of public telecommunications networks and services in international trade.
  • C. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
    The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
  • D. Joint Committee on 2G Spectrum
    The Joint Committee on 2G Spectrum was a special parliamentary panel in India formed to investigate alleged irregularities and corruption in the allocation of 2G telecommunications spectrum licenses.
  • E. Telecommunications Act of 1996
    The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
  • 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_69b3453c2a0c8190926b574c90766db9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554e40ec8190982acc0948da2f42 completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f633a69c8190b062c2a78b0f8319 completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f6bcfa0481909d07ffb2a975a350 completed March 15, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f733c660819081c68dc3ec342e12 completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.