Triple

T1565758
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bell System E33427 entity
Predicate networkType P3937 FINISHED
Object Public Switched Telephone Network
The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is the global system of interconnected, circuit-switched telephone networks that enables traditional landline voice communication worldwide.
E177035 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: Public Switched Telephone Network | Statement: [Bell System, networkType, Public Switched Telephone Network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Switched Telephone Network
Context triple: [Bell System, networkType, Public Switched Telephone Network]
  • A. Main Telecommunication Network
    Main Telecommunication Network is the core infrastructure layer that carries and routes the majority of voice, data, and multimedia traffic within the global telecommunications system.
  • B. Bell System
    The Bell System was the historic, vertically integrated telephone monopoly in the United States, led by AT&T, that dominated telecommunications services and research for much of the 20th century.
  • C. Global Telecommunication System
    The Global Telecommunication System is an international network for the real-time exchange of meteorological and related data that underpins global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
  • D. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • E. Bell Canada
    Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
  • 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: Public Switched Telephone Network
Triple: [Bell System, networkType, Public Switched Telephone Network]
Generated description
The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is the global system of interconnected, circuit-switched telephone networks that enables traditional landline voice communication worldwide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Switched Telephone Network
Target entity description: The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is the global system of interconnected, circuit-switched telephone networks that enables traditional landline voice communication worldwide.
  • A. Main Telecommunication Network
    Main Telecommunication Network is the core infrastructure layer that carries and routes the majority of voice, data, and multimedia traffic within the global telecommunications system.
  • B. Bell System
    The Bell System was the historic, vertically integrated telephone monopoly in the United States, led by AT&T, that dominated telecommunications services and research for much of the 20th century.
  • C. Global Telecommunication System
    The Global Telecommunication System is an international network for the real-time exchange of meteorological and related data that underpins global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
  • D. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • E. Bell Canada
    Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2308bec81909d1660934eff171b completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad3719dfdc819085511f96f9f92dba completed March 8, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad37d59e94819085504ea25dfa8311 completed March 8, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad382b126c8190a308415bd6c4264b completed March 8, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.