Triple

T704250
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Company E14064 entity
Predicate hasDivision P35 FINISHED
Object Southern Telecom
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
E92098 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: Southern Telecom | Statement: [Southern Company, hasDivision, Southern Telecom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Telecom
Context triple: [Southern Company, hasDivision, Southern Telecom]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. AT&T
    AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
  • E. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • 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: Southern Telecom
Triple: [Southern Company, hasDivision, Southern Telecom]
Generated description
Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Telecom
Target entity description: Southern Telecom is a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Company that provides fiber-optic network and related communication services.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. AT&T
    AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
  • E. Telewest
    Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
  • 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a533fa788190bba0f55655469c46 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66d9140148190a439ac7a03ee88b2 completed March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a66e046bbc8190848a0d0115dc34bd completed March 3, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66fdd09b081909056bff1a32d413c completed March 3, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.