Triple

T579196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virgin Media (UK) E15020 entity
Predicate competitor P1375 FINISHED
Object BT Group
BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
 E74186 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: BT Group | Statement: [Virgin Media (UK), competitor, BT Group]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BT Group
Context triple: [Virgin Media (UK), competitor, BT Group]
  • A. Telefónica UK
    Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
  • B. Virgin Media (UK)
    Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
  • C. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • D. Arqiva
    Arqiva is a UK-based communications infrastructure and media services company that operates broadcast transmission networks and related services for television, radio, and wireless communications.
  • E. Liberty Global
    Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
  • 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: BT Group
Triple: [Virgin Media (UK), competitor, BT Group]
Generated description
BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: BT Group
Target entity description: BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
  • A. Telefónica UK
    Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
  • B. Virgin Media (UK)
    Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
  • C. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • D. Arqiva
    Arqiva is a UK-based communications infrastructure and media services company that operates broadcast transmission networks and related services for television, radio, and wireless communications.
  • E. Liberty Global
    Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
  • 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b6c358081908f458b9e3e208c0d completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5155210dc8190bad32b49703641e2 completed March 2, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a51788f870819099271dcb41ee4bda completed March 2, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a51846caa481909a61fa29a44b7470 completed March 2, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.