Triple
T9029331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MCI Inc. |
E216128
|
entity |
| Predicate | alternativeName |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | MCI Communications |
E41476
|
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: MCI Communications | Statement: [MCI Inc., alternativeName, MCI Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MCI Communications Context triple: [MCI Inc., alternativeName, MCI Communications]
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A.
MCI Inc.
chosen
MCI Inc. was a major American telecommunications company and long-distance service provider that played a key role in breaking AT&T’s monopoly before eventually being acquired by Verizon.
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B.
Associated Communications Corporation
Associated Communications Corporation was a media holding company that owned and operated television broadcasting assets, including the Associated Television network.
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C.
Mercury Communications
Mercury Communications was a British telecommunications company that operated as a major competitor to British Telecom in the late 20th century.
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D.
Mosaic Communications Corporation
Mosaic Communications Corporation was the original name of the company that became Netscape Communications, an early pioneer in commercial web browser development.
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E.
MFS Communications Company, Inc.
MFS Communications Company, Inc. was a competitive local exchange carrier and telecommunications company that became notable in the 1990s for its fiber-optic networks before being acquired by WorldCom.
- 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_69ca83a5fa88819088144801b4dd7245 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6a9bcb508190b58751f1772407d4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d065bb722481908fcd4fd894259aae |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:08 p.m.