Triple
T19709735
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury Communications |
E473309
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cable & Wireless Communications |
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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: Cable & Wireless Communications | Statement: [Mercury Communications, successor, Cable & Wireless Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cable & Wireless Communications Context triple: [Mercury Communications, successor, Cable & Wireless Communications]
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A.
Cable & Wireless
chosen
Cable & Wireless was a major British telecommunications company that operated extensive international cable and wireless networks and played a key role in global communications throughout the 20th century.
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B.
Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a global digital infrastructure and telecommunications services provider headquartered in India, offering network, cloud, security, and collaboration solutions to enterprises worldwide.
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C.
International CableTel Inc.
International CableTel Inc. was a telecommunications company that became the foundation for what later evolved into NTL Incorporated, a major UK cable and broadband provider.
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D.
Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited
Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited is a major telecommunications provider in Barbados offering services such as fixed-line, mobile, and internet connectivity.
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E.
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.
- 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.