Triple
T5355506
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sprint Corporation |
E102679
|
entity |
| Predicate | origin |
P410
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brown Telephone Company
Brown Telephone Company was an early regional telephone service provider that eventually evolved into what became Sprint Corporation.
|
E514503
|
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: Brown Telephone Company | Statement: [Sprint Corporation, origin, Brown Telephone Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown Telephone Company Context triple: [Sprint Corporation, origin, Brown Telephone Company]
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A.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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B.
Bell Operating Companies
The Bell Operating Companies are the regional telephone service providers that were created from the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System and historically handled local telephone operations across different parts of the United States.
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C.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
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D.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
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E.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
- 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: Brown Telephone Company Triple: [Sprint Corporation, origin, Brown Telephone Company]
Generated description
Brown Telephone Company was an early regional telephone service provider that eventually evolved into what became Sprint Corporation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown Telephone Company Target entity description: Brown Telephone Company was an early regional telephone service provider that eventually evolved into what became Sprint Corporation.
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A.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
-
B.
Bell Operating Companies
The Bell Operating Companies are the regional telephone service providers that were created from the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System and historically handled local telephone operations across different parts of the United States.
-
C.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
-
D.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
-
E.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
- 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd862dbb008190aef653acddafd38b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf21df856c819099cf9047b87d6db8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf22a6e3c081908a18bd370f924d39 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf22fb8db48190b7ce94e5df8ed37f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.