Triple

T673808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lucent Technologies E13034 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object AT&T Network Systems
AT&T Network Systems was the telecommunications equipment and network infrastructure division of AT&T that later became part of Lucent Technologies.
 E13034 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: AT&T Network Systems | Statement: [Lucent Technologies, predecessor, AT&T Network Systems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: AT&T Network Systems
Context triple: [Lucent Technologies, predecessor, AT&T Network Systems]
  • A. Lucent Technologies
    Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
  • B. Telcordia Technologies
    Telcordia Technologies is a telecommunications research and development company known for creating industry standards and software solutions for network planning, management, and operations.
  • C. Northern Telecom
    Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
  • D. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • E. Verizon
    Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
  • 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: AT&T Network Systems
Triple: [Lucent Technologies, predecessor, AT&T Network Systems]
Generated description
AT&T Network Systems was the telecommunications equipment and network infrastructure division of AT&T that later became part of Lucent Technologies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: AT&T Network Systems
Target entity description: AT&T Network Systems was the telecommunications equipment and network infrastructure division of AT&T that later became part of Lucent Technologies.
  • A. Lucent Technologies chosen
    Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
  • B. Telcordia Technologies
    Telcordia Technologies is a telecommunications research and development company known for creating industry standards and software solutions for network planning, management, and operations.
  • C. Northern Telecom
    Northern Telecom was a major Canadian telecommunications equipment manufacturer and technology company, later known as Nortel Networks, that played a significant role in global telecom infrastructure.
  • D. Alcatel
    Alcatel is a multinational telecommunications equipment and networking company known for providing infrastructure, mobile, and broadband solutions worldwide.
  • E. Verizon
    Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a4933d3bf88190972041cd8cf143b9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a02537d08190942ee5fc8c50610a completed March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a64a4f8f0081909686a76b4fddda60 completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64e1541908190b9553506ef5cfdd7 completed March 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64e91b28481909d292ce5204a461a completed March 3, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.