Triple
T5355523
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sprint Corporation |
E102679
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nextel Communications |
E386876
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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]
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A.
Nextel Communications
chosen
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
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B.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd862f0ea48190bec78690ab3bee51 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf29193b6c8190bbf0854b4a766009 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.