Triple
T725110
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
E14707
|
entity |
| Predicate | operated |
P1688
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bell System local operating companies |
E33427
|
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: Bell System local operating companies | Statement: [American Telephone and Telegraph Company, operated, Bell System local operating companies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bell System local operating companies Context triple: [American Telephone and Telegraph Company, operated, Bell System local operating companies]
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A.
Bell System
chosen
The Bell System was the historic, vertically integrated telephone monopoly in the United States, led by AT&T, that dominated telecommunications services and research for much of the 20th century.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Northern Telecom
Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
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E.
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
- 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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5a7fb7c819096db848fe2ba246a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a6375c16488190a8509e1e2b5c6a7d |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.