Triple
T5996323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Craig McCaw |
E133478
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McCaw Cellular Communications
McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering U.S. wireless telecommunications company that played a key role in the early development and expansion of the cellular phone industry before being acquired by AT&T.
|
E560713
|
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: McCaw Cellular Communications | Statement: [Craig McCaw, notableFor, McCaw Cellular Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaw Cellular Communications Context triple: [Craig McCaw, notableFor, McCaw Cellular Communications]
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A.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
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B.
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
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C.
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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D.
Alltel
Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
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E.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
- 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: McCaw Cellular Communications Triple: [Craig McCaw, notableFor, McCaw Cellular Communications]
Generated description
McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering U.S. wireless telecommunications company that played a key role in the early development and expansion of the cellular phone industry before being acquired by AT&T.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaw Cellular Communications Target entity description: McCaw Cellular Communications was a pioneering U.S. wireless telecommunications company that played a key role in the early development and expansion of the cellular phone industry before being acquired by AT&T.
-
A.
Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
-
B.
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Alltel
Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
-
E.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
- 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_69c00870ddbc81909880fa3864f4f38d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c04e963f3c819082dd755e328ab947 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c10876d4d0819083ac7431c8abaedd |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c10987f5588190ac9305b84d8916a7 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c10afbee8081909cf516ae7cda7ccf |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:05 p.m.