Triple
T19709722
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury Communications |
E473309
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mercury Communications Ltd |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Mercury Communications Ltd | Statement: [Mercury Communications, alsoKnownAs, Mercury Communications Ltd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercury Communications Ltd Context triple: [Mercury Communications, alsoKnownAs, Mercury Communications Ltd]
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A.
Mercury Communications
chosen
Mercury Communications was a British telecommunications company that operated as a major competitor to British Telecom in the late 20th century.
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B.
Mercury NZ Limited
Mercury NZ Limited is a major New Zealand electricity generation and retail company, particularly known for its portfolio of renewable energy assets including hydroelectric power stations.
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C.
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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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.
Jupiter Telecommunications
Jupiter Telecommunications is a major Japanese cable television and broadband internet provider, best known for operating under the J:COM brand.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e64406f9808190acd74aa03c392eb0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.