Triple

T3441156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NTL E72566 entity
Predicate parentCompanyAfterRebrand P5441 FINISHED
Object Virgin Media Inc.
Virgin Media Inc. is a major UK-based telecommunications and media company providing broadband, television, mobile, and landline services under the Virgin brand.
E15020 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Virgin Media Inc. | Statement: [NTL, parentCompanyAfterRebrand, Virgin Media Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Media Inc.
Context triple: [NTL, parentCompanyAfterRebrand, Virgin Media Inc.]
  • A. Virgin Media (UK)
    Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
  • B. Virgin Media (Ireland)
    Virgin Media (Ireland) is a major Irish telecommunications and cable TV provider offering broadband, television, and phone services across Ireland.
  • C. Vodafone UK
    Vodafone UK is a major British telecommunications company providing mobile, broadband, and related services across the United Kingdom.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Liberty Global
    Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
  • 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: Virgin Media Inc.
Triple: [NTL, parentCompanyAfterRebrand, Virgin Media Inc.]
Generated description
Virgin Media Inc. is a major UK-based telecommunications and media company providing broadband, television, mobile, and landline services under the Virgin brand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Media Inc.
Target entity description: Virgin Media Inc. is a major UK-based telecommunications and media company providing broadband, television, mobile, and landline services under the Virgin brand.
  • A. Virgin Media (UK) chosen
    Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
  • B. Virgin Media (Ireland)
    Virgin Media (Ireland) is a major Irish telecommunications and cable TV provider offering broadband, television, and phone services across Ireland.
  • C. Vodafone UK
    Vodafone UK is a major British telecommunications company providing mobile, broadband, and related services across the United Kingdom.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Liberty Global
    Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: parentCompanyAfterRebrand
Context triple: [NTL, parentCompanyAfterRebrand, Virgin Media Inc.]
  • A. parentCompanyAfterMerger
    Indicates that one company is the resulting parent company of another following a merger.
  • B. formerParentCompany
    Indicates that one entity previously served as the parent company of another but no longer holds that status.
  • C. laterParentCompany chosen
    Indicates that one entity became the parent company of another entity at a later point in time, after some prior state or relationship.
  • D. companyRenamedBackTo
    Indicates that a company reverted its name from a newer one back to a previous or original name.
  • E. companyRenamedTo
    Indicates that a company has changed its official name from a previous one to a new specified name.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad85af50288190a854b76653deee6f completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adba276b708190949f294a8d09ec7b completed March 8, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c36c12008190b21c47091a4e2ca6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c4215ba481908d9d8eeb24ea298b completed March 14, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c494ad80819084d6aa10fe62a63b completed March 14, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adae00ad588190bef24373b58a2e1a completed March 8, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.