Triple
T837248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Post Office |
E18095
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British Telecom |
E74186
|
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: British Telecom | Statement: [British Post Office, successor, British Telecom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Telecom Context triple: [British Post Office, successor, British Telecom]
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A.
BT Group
chosen
BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Telewest
Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abcf69888190b342363978273ae2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d9cddb48190b0d297c2cc9f3b3c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.