Triple
T3035083
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | transcontinental telegraph |
E82988
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedBy |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Union Telegraph Company |
E42198
|
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: Western Union Telegraph Company | Statement: [transcontinental telegraph, operatedBy, Western Union Telegraph Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Union Telegraph Company Context triple: [transcontinental telegraph, operatedBy, Western Union Telegraph Company]
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A.
Western Union
chosen
Western Union is a major American financial services and communications company best known for its historic telegraph network and global money transfer services.
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B.
Pacific Telegraph Company
The Pacific Telegraph Company was a 19th-century American telegraph firm instrumental in establishing long-distance telegraph communication across the United States.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
American Marconi Company
The American Marconi Company was the U.S. subsidiary of Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless telegraphy enterprise, a pioneering firm in early radio communication technology and operations.
- 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_69ad8b21a62881908ec5dd4fba4a187c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9b2a40b48190bfa7cdbb0fbd87f8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1eeeeff988190bb664c75d54d93d8 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.