Triple
T3796608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | AT&T |
E89783
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | BellSouth |
E53504
|
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: BellSouth | Statement: [AT&T, acquired, BellSouth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BellSouth Context triple: [AT&T, acquired, BellSouth]
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A.
BellSouth
chosen
BellSouth was a major American telecommunications company, formerly one of the regional "Baby Bells" created after the breakup of AT&T, providing telephone and related services across the southeastern United States.
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B.
Ameritech
Ameritech was a regional telecommunications company formed after the breakup of AT&T’s Bell System, serving the Midwestern United States with local and long-distance phone services.
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C.
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell was a major regional telephone company in the United States that later became part of AT&T through mergers and rebranding.
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D.
Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
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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.
- 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_69aed9597d6881909b6ee3b9de859223 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee7a0818481909460197929ebb8e4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f05ea5e081908c4714ca35aed48b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.