Triple
T11055117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon |
E261353
|
entity |
| Predicate | petitioner |
P3132
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company was a regional Bell System telephone operating company that provided telephone services along the U.S. Pacific Coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
|
E478457
|
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: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company | Statement: [Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, petitioner, Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company Context triple: [Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, petitioner, Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company]
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A.
Pacific Northwest Bell
Pacific Northwest Bell was a regional Bell System telephone company that provided telecommunications services in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, primarily Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Pacific Bell
Pacific Bell was a major regional telephone company in the western United States, best known as a former Baby Bell providing local and long-distance telecommunications services.
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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: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company Triple: [Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, petitioner, Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company]
Generated description
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company was a regional Bell System telephone operating company that provided telephone services along the U.S. Pacific Coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company Target entity description: Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company was a regional Bell System telephone operating company that provided telephone services along the U.S. Pacific Coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Pacific Northwest Bell
Pacific Northwest Bell was a regional Bell System telephone company that provided telecommunications services in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, primarily Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Pacific Bell
chosen
Pacific Bell was a major regional telephone company in the western United States, best known as a former Baby Bell providing local and long-distance telecommunications services.
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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.
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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d798a0890481909c1d4f9d5b23f33a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3c86e0e6481908f091497313132c1 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3cefc00148190a1850dc6e31523c3 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3d014a644819092c76aa02b573ca9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.