Triple
T14894779
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John C. Malone |
E359842
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tele-Communications Inc.
Tele-Communications Inc. was a major American cable television company that grew into one of the largest cable operators in the United States before being acquired by AT&T in 1999.
|
E1125043
|
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: Tele-Communications Inc. | Statement: [John C. Malone, employer, Tele-Communications Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tele-Communications Inc. Context triple: [John C. Malone, employer, Tele-Communications Inc.]
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A.
United Telecommunications
United Telecommunications was a major American telecommunications company that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what became Sprint Corporation.
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B.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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C.
Associated Communications Corporation
Associated Communications Corporation was a media holding company that owned and operated television broadcasting assets, including the Associated Television network.
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D.
NewTel Communications
NewTel Communications was a regional telecommunications company in Atlantic Canada that later became part of Bell Aliant through industry consolidation.
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E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- 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: Tele-Communications Inc. Triple: [John C. Malone, employer, Tele-Communications Inc.]
Generated description
Tele-Communications Inc. was a major American cable television company that grew into one of the largest cable operators in the United States before being acquired by AT&T in 1999.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tele-Communications Inc. Target entity description: Tele-Communications Inc. was a major American cable television company that grew into one of the largest cable operators in the United States before being acquired by AT&T in 1999.
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A.
United Telecommunications
United Telecommunications was a major American telecommunications company that evolved through mergers and rebranding into what became Sprint Corporation.
-
B.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
-
C.
Associated Communications Corporation
Associated Communications Corporation was a media holding company that owned and operated television broadcasting assets, including the Associated Television network.
-
D.
NewTel Communications
NewTel Communications was a regional telecommunications company in Atlantic Canada that later became part of Bell Aliant through industry consolidation.
-
E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded5f9d10c819091732d7a5a42a682 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe6b679fb081908cf8f41acfba3b99 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe6cc2ccb0819081e32dc9d2e3973a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6d9e9a648190920206c8f75cae2e |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:10 a.m.