Triple
T16732135
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Baby Bells |
E406617
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | RBOCs |
E177031
|
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: RBOCs | Statement: [Baby Bells, alsoKnownAs, RBOCs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RBOCs Context triple: [Baby Bells, alsoKnownAs, RBOCs]
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A.
Regional Bell Operating Companies
chosen
The Regional Bell Operating Companies are a group of local telephone service providers in the United States that were created from the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System monopoly in the 1980s.
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B.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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C.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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D.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
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E.
BellSouth
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
- 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_69d8838f242881908abd8bc138795886 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e39c362bb88190921fab43d76c3ee8 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 2:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a009d4a94688190aabe56c34e8cc2c3 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.