Triple

T3111370
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Xavier Niel E64957 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Free (French telecommunications company)
Free is a major French telecommunications operator known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile offers that helped transform France’s telecom market.
 E326560 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: Free (French telecommunications company) | Statement: [Xavier Niel, founded, Free (French telecommunications company)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Free (French telecommunications company)
Context triple: [Xavier Niel, founded, Free (French telecommunications company)]
  • A. Bouygues
    Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
  • B. Freedom Mobile
    Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
  • C. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • D. Deutsche Telekom
    Deutsche Telekom is a major German telecommunications company and one of the largest telecom providers in Europe, offering mobile, fixed-line, and internet services worldwide.
  • E. Telefónica UK
    Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
  • 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: Free (French telecommunications company)
Triple: [Xavier Niel, founded, Free (French telecommunications company)]
Generated description
Free is a major French telecommunications operator known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile offers that helped transform France’s telecom market.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Free (French telecommunications company)
Target entity description: Free is a major French telecommunications operator known for its low-cost, disruptive internet and mobile offers that helped transform France’s telecom market.
  • A. Bouygues
    Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
  • B. Freedom Mobile
    Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
  • C. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • D. Deutsche Telekom
    Deutsche Telekom is a major German telecommunications company and one of the largest telecom providers in Europe, offering mobile, fixed-line, and internet services worldwide.
  • E. Telefónica UK
    Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
  • 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_69ad857eeaf48190b34ebfdaa7a264cf completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada43954f0819096a96331bf3c53a8 completed March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20394a8cc8190b114760079f8b0f6 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2043430548190a538c183aef44b44 completed March 12, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b204c812f081908fe5733305123c0e completed March 12, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.