Triple

T7518589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Abraham Silberschatz E177707 entity
Predicate formerEmployer P1910 FINISHED
Object Bell Laboratories E2027 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Bell Laboratories | Statement: [Abraham Silberschatz, formerEmployer, Bell Laboratories]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bell Laboratories
Context triple: [Abraham Silberschatz, formerEmployer, Bell Laboratories]
  • A. Bell Telephone Laboratories chosen
    Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
  • B. Western Electric
    Western Electric was a major American electrical engineering and manufacturing company best known as the manufacturing arm of AT&T and a pioneer in telecommunications and sound technology.
  • C. Bell System
    The Bell System was the historic, vertically integrated telephone monopoly in the United States, led by AT&T, that dominated telecommunications services and research for much of the 20th century.
  • D. General Electric Research Laboratory
    General Electric Research Laboratory was a pioneering industrial research center in the United States known for major advances in physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering, and for employing notable scientists such as Nobel laureate Irving Langmuir.
  • E. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c69f2891148190a484f3b8222c6f1b elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f5f850c081909e697219071293fc ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8462610b481909fa74023852b0154 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:46 p.m.