Triple
T8928143
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | CenturyLink |
E212585
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Qwest Communications International |
E212586
|
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: Qwest Communications International | Statement: [CenturyLink, acquired, Qwest Communications International]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qwest Communications International Context triple: [CenturyLink, acquired, Qwest Communications International]
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A.
Qwest Communications International
chosen
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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B.
Embarq Corporation
Embarq Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company providing local, long-distance, and data services, later absorbed into CenturyLink’s operations.
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C.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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D.
Ameritech
Ameritech was a regional telecommunications company formed after the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System, serving the Midwestern United States with local and long-distance phone services.
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E.
Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
- 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_69ca8395c438819087d7cb844ab5990c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6672af10819084a6e50f0302f732 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc93587b081908e23c2a8c01b9516 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.