Triple

T7492320
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject US West E177033 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Mountain Bell
Mountain Bell was a regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across several western U.S. states before being reorganized into US West.
E668837 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: Mountain Bell | Statement: [US West, predecessor, Mountain Bell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mountain Bell
Context triple: [US West, predecessor, Mountain Bell]
  • A. Bell Canada
    Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
  • B. Rogers Communications
    Rogers Communications is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company providing wireless, cable, internet, and broadcasting services nationwide.
  • C. Telus
    Telus is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, television, and business communication services across Canada.
  • D. Bell MTS
    Bell MTS is a Canadian telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, television, and phone services primarily in Manitoba.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Mountain Bell
Triple: [US West, predecessor, Mountain Bell]
Generated description
Mountain Bell was a regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across several western U.S. states before being reorganized into US West.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mountain Bell
Target entity description: Mountain Bell was a regional Bell Operating Company that provided telephone service across several western U.S. states before being reorganized into US West.
  • A. Bell Canada
    Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing phone, internet, and television services nationwide.
  • B. Rogers Communications
    Rogers Communications is a major Canadian telecommunications and media company providing wireless, cable, internet, and broadcasting services nationwide.
  • C. Telus
    Telus is a major Canadian telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, television, and business communication services across Canada.
  • D. Bell MTS
    Bell MTS is a Canadian telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, television, and phone services primarily in Manitoba.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c69f2583808190bd1a4936c42a5815 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f5784c908190b701959daf082625 completed March 27, 2026, 9:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83c76a8988190bb5ff21731b19d4b completed March 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83e4052b481908df2fc43c71b3b07 completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c83ed33870819094b085229376da8a completed March 28, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:43 p.m.