Triple
T14692893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bell Telephone controversy |
E345077
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States v. American Bell Telephone Company
United States v. American Bell Telephone Company was a landmark 19th-century antitrust and patent case in which the U.S. government sought to challenge and annul Bell’s telephone patents and corporate dominance.
|
E1114405
|
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: United States v. American Bell Telephone Company | Statement: [Bell Telephone controversy, hasPart, United States v. American Bell Telephone Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. American Bell Telephone Company Context triple: [Bell Telephone controversy, hasPart, United States v. American Bell Telephone Company]
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A.
United States v. AT&T
United States v. AT&T was a landmark antitrust lawsuit in which the U.S. government forced the breakup of the Bell System telecommunications monopoly in the early 1980s.
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B.
H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the "pattern of racketeering activity" requirement under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
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C.
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon is a 1912 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to state initiatives under the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause present nonjusticiable political questions beyond the Court’s authority to decide.
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D.
MCI v. AT&T
MCI v. AT&T was a landmark U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the telecommunications industry that challenged AT&T’s monopoly and helped open the long-distance market to competition.
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E.
Bell Telephone controversy
The Bell Telephone controversy was a 19th-century legal and historical dispute over the invention of the telephone, centering on competing patent claims and priority between Alexander Graham Bell and rival inventors.
- 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: United States v. American Bell Telephone Company Triple: [Bell Telephone controversy, hasPart, United States v. American Bell Telephone Company]
Generated description
United States v. American Bell Telephone Company was a landmark 19th-century antitrust and patent case in which the U.S. government sought to challenge and annul Bell’s telephone patents and corporate dominance.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. American Bell Telephone Company Target entity description: United States v. American Bell Telephone Company was a landmark 19th-century antitrust and patent case in which the U.S. government sought to challenge and annul Bell’s telephone patents and corporate dominance.
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A.
United States v. AT&T
United States v. AT&T was a landmark antitrust lawsuit in which the U.S. government forced the breakup of the Bell System telecommunications monopoly in the early 1980s.
-
B.
H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the "pattern of racketeering activity" requirement under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
-
C.
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon is a 1912 U.S. Supreme Court case that held challenges to state initiatives under the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause present nonjusticiable political questions beyond the Court’s authority to decide.
-
D.
MCI v. AT&T
MCI v. AT&T was a landmark U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the telecommunications industry that challenged AT&T’s monopoly and helped open the long-distance market to competition.
-
E.
Bell Telephone controversy
The Bell Telephone controversy was a 19th-century legal and historical dispute over the invention of the telephone, centering on competing patent claims and priority between Alexander Graham Bell and rival inventors.
- 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_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb586e7108190be644db9cf9a4d99 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fde18b4bdc8190b5daf05484de7cd8 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fde5c65ce0819092a385e92243a3c7 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fde638f42c8190ba56f9e2f4b03090 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.