Triple
T1952895
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Union |
E42198
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company
The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was the 19th-century telegraph firm that later became known as Western Union, a major American telecommunications company.
|
E219210
|
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: New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company | Statement: [Western Union, originalName, New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company Context triple: [Western Union, originalName, New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company]
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A.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
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C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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D.
Great Northern Telegraph Company
The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
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E.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
- 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: New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company Triple: [Western Union, originalName, New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company]
Generated description
The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was the 19th-century telegraph firm that later became known as Western Union, a major American telecommunications company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company Target entity description: The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was the 19th-century telegraph firm that later became known as Western Union, a major American telecommunications company.
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A.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
-
B.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
-
C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
-
D.
Great Northern Telegraph Company
The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
-
E.
General Telephone Corporation
General Telephone Corporation was a major independent U.S. telephone company that later became part of GTE, one of the largest telecommunications providers before its merger into Verizon.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3501d108190bc5cb23f53db4411 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbc611fc8190b2f512c744cbc364 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc8efb0c81908bce5a4a13359801 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfd8115d481909716e11b943cbf61 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.