Triple
T10208531
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bell Aliant (historical) |
E242266
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
New Brunswick Telephone Company
New Brunswick Telephone Company was a regional telecommunications provider in New Brunswick, Canada, that offered telephone and related communication services before being succeeded by Bell Aliant.
|
E849497
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: New Brunswick Telephone Company | Statement: [Bell Aliant (historical), predecessor, New Brunswick Telephone Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Brunswick Telephone Company Context triple: [Bell Aliant (historical), predecessor, New Brunswick Telephone Company]
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A.
Brown Telephone Company
Brown Telephone Company was an early regional telephone service provider that eventually evolved into what became Sprint Corporation.
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B.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was a major regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across much of the southeastern United States before the breakup of AT&T.
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C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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D.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
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E.
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.
- 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: New Brunswick Telephone Company Triple: [Bell Aliant (historical), predecessor, New Brunswick Telephone Company]
Generated description
New Brunswick Telephone Company was a regional telecommunications provider in New Brunswick, Canada, that offered telephone and related communication services before being succeeded by Bell Aliant.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Brunswick Telephone Company Target entity description: New Brunswick Telephone Company was a regional telecommunications provider in New Brunswick, Canada, that offered telephone and related communication services before being succeeded by Bell Aliant.
-
A.
Brown Telephone Company
Brown Telephone Company was an early regional telephone service provider that eventually evolved into what became Sprint Corporation.
-
B.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was a major regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across much of the southeastern United States before the breakup of AT&T.
-
C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
-
D.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d395fa86cc8190b4f115b5a0f99772 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d652cca9c081909f705365c70db009 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d654ddaed88190bcd7f1a2ee9dd462 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d655338cc08190ba00163f0afa4c3b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 10:59 a.m.