Triple
T4008474
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southwestern Bell |
E89583
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownedBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | SBC Communications |
E265825
|
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: SBC Communications | Statement: [Southwestern Bell, ownedBy, SBC Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SBC Communications Context triple: [Southwestern Bell, ownedBy, SBC Communications]
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A.
SBC Communications
chosen
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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B.
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.
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C.
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a major American telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers.
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D.
BellSouth
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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E.
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.
- 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa647f80819081180eb267f1cfcc |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5768fae4881908c9dea4e39e3788c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.