Triple
T7492284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pacific Telesis |
E177032
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableSubsidiaryBrand |
P9212
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
PacTel Cellular
PacTel Cellular was a regional wireless telephone service provider in the United States that operated as the mobile communications arm of Pacific Telesis before being spun off and eventually absorbed into larger national carriers.
|
E669327
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: PacTel Cellular | Statement: [Pacific Telesis, notableSubsidiaryBrand, PacTel Cellular]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PacTel Cellular Context triple: [Pacific Telesis, notableSubsidiaryBrand, PacTel Cellular]
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A.
Pacific Bell
Pacific Bell was a major regional telephone company in the western United States, best known as a former Baby Bell providing local and long-distance telecommunications services.
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B.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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C.
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.
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D.
McCaw Cellular Communications
McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering U.S. wireless telecommunications company that played a key role in the early development and expansion of the cellular phone industry before being acquired by AT&T.
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E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- 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: PacTel Cellular Triple: [Pacific Telesis, notableSubsidiaryBrand, PacTel Cellular]
Generated description
PacTel Cellular was a regional wireless telephone service provider in the United States that operated as the mobile communications arm of Pacific Telesis before being spun off and eventually absorbed into larger national carriers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PacTel Cellular Target entity description: PacTel Cellular was a regional wireless telephone service provider in the United States that operated as the mobile communications arm of Pacific Telesis before being spun off and eventually absorbed into larger national carriers.
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A.
Pacific Bell
Pacific Bell was a major regional telephone company in the western United States, best known as a former Baby Bell providing local and long-distance telecommunications services.
-
B.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
McCaw Cellular Communications
McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering U.S. wireless telecommunications company that played a key role in the early development and expansion of the cellular phone industry before being acquired by AT&T.
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E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableSubsidiaryBrand Context triple: [Pacific Telesis, notableSubsidiaryBrand, PacTel Cellular]
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A.
notableSubsidiary
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a subsidiary of another and is particularly significant or prominent among that parent’s subsidiaries.
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B.
notableBrandElement
Indicates that one entity is a significant or distinguishing brand-related feature, component, or asset of another entity.
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C.
parentBrand
Indicates that one brand is the overarching or owning brand from which another brand is derived or subordinated.
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D.
hasUnderlyingCompanyBrand
Indicates that one entity is associated with or operates under the corporate brand of another company as its underlying brand.
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E.
notableManufacturer
Indicates that an entity is a well-known or prominent producer or maker of another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69c69f2583808190bd1a4936c42a5815 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f81b431481908214b69c6c8d83bc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84600d65481908518bc0d7ffcb373 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8464ec5ec8190be718a1508e8e53b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c846b86a888190bc09bc17a5df252b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f4d266d88190982cf5d2ee2e9564 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:43 p.m.