NYNEX
E180265
NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NYNEX canonical | 4 |
| NYNEX Corporation | 2 |
| NYNEX Worldwide Services Group | 1 |
| Nynex | 1 |
| Nynex Yellow Pages campaign | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1565745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: NYNEX Context triple: [Bell System, successor, NYNEX]
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A.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
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B.
BellSouth
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
AT&T
AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: NYNEX Target entity description: NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
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A.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
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B.
BellSouth
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
AT&T
AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Regional Bell Operating Company
ⓘ
Telecommunications company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1997 ⓘ |
| fate | Merged with Bell Atlantic ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Bell Operating Companies
ⓘ
surface form:
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Operating Companies ⓘ
surface form:
New York Telephone Company
|
| founded | 1984 ⓘ |
| hadBrand |
Yellow Pages
ⓘ
surface form:
NYNEX Yellow Pages
|
| hadSubsidiary |
NYNEX Business Centers
ⓘ
NYNEX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NYNEX Worldwide Services Group
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry | Telecommunications ⓘ |
| laterPartOf |
Verizon
ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Communications
|
| mergedInto | Bell Atlantic ⓘ |
| mergerCompleted | 1997 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ New York ⓘ Rhode Island ⓘ Vermont ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Breakup of AT&T ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Bell System
ⓘ
surface form:
Bell System (historical predecessor)
|
| partOf | Baby Bells ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Bell Operating Companies
ⓘ
surface form:
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Operating Companies ⓘ
surface form:
New York Telephone Company
|
| providedService |
Data communications services
ⓘ
Directory services ⓘ Local telephone service ⓘ Long-distance telephone service ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Federal Communications Commission
ⓘ
State public utility commissions ⓘ |
| servedArea |
New England
ⓘ
New York ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
Bell Atlantic
ⓘ
Verizon ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Communications
|
| telephoneArea |
Former Bell System territory in New England
ⓘ
Former Bell System territory in New York ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | NYN ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: NYNEX Description of subject: NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the northeastern United States following the breakup of AT&T.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.