Triple

T3441323
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject TalkTalk E72570 entity
Predicate acquired P2511 FINISHED
Object Opal Telecom
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
E356493 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: Opal Telecom | Statement: [TalkTalk, acquired, Opal Telecom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opal Telecom
Context triple: [TalkTalk, acquired, Opal Telecom]
  • A. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • B. Northwestel
    Northwestel is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides phone, internet, and related services to northern communities, including in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and northern British Columbia.
  • C. Qwest Communications International
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • D. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • E. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • 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: Opal Telecom
Triple: [TalkTalk, acquired, Opal Telecom]
Generated description
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Opal Telecom
Target entity description: Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
  • A. Southern Telecom
    Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • B. Northwestel
    Northwestel is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides phone, internet, and related services to northern communities, including in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and northern British Columbia.
  • C. Qwest Communications International
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • D. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • E. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • 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_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_69b3548598088190907e13c88cb975fc completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b355a8da148190896dacf746630445 completed March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3561132888190b0439cd3d8e7bf96 completed March 13, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.