Triple
T11231235
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | BellSouth Corporation |
E265824
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | AT&T Inc. |
E89783
|
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: AT&T Inc. | Statement: [BellSouth Corporation, acquiredBy, AT&T Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AT&T Inc. Context triple: [BellSouth Corporation, acquiredBy, AT&T Inc.]
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A.
AT&T
chosen
AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
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B.
Bell Atlantic
Bell Atlantic was a major U.S. telecommunications company formed after the breakup of AT&T, which later merged with GTE to become Verizon Communications.
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C.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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D.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9026e1c81909456ac946bbba972 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e603a1acc08190816db1ff13708e79 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.