Triple

T8928161
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Qwest Communications International E212586 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Qwest Communications Company, LLC is a U.S.-based telecommunications provider offering services such as local and long-distance phone, internet, and data communications, historically operating under the Qwest brand before its acquisition by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies).
 E212586 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: Qwest Communications Company, LLC | Statement: [Qwest Communications International, hasSubsidiary, Qwest Communications Company, LLC]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Context triple: [Qwest Communications International, hasSubsidiary, Qwest Communications Company, LLC]
  • A. Qwest Communications International
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • B. Embarq Corporation
    Embarq Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company providing local, long-distance, and data services, later absorbed into CenturyLink’s operations.
  • C. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • D. Cincinnati Bell
    Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Target entity description: Qwest Communications Company, LLC is a U.S.-based telecommunications provider offering services such as local and long-distance phone, internet, and data communications, historically operating under the Qwest brand before its acquisition by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies).
  • A. Qwest Communications International chosen
    Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
  • B. Embarq Corporation
    Embarq Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company providing local, long-distance, and data services, later absorbed into CenturyLink’s operations.
  • C. SBC Communications
    SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
  • D. Cincinnati Bell
    Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Qwest Communications Company, LLC
Triple: [Qwest Communications International, hasSubsidiary, Qwest Communications Company, LLC]
Generated description
Qwest Communications Company, LLC is a U.S.-based telecommunications provider offering services such as local and long-distance phone, internet, and data communications, historically operating under the Qwest brand before its acquisition by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies).

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8395c438819087d7cb844ab5990c elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc6672af10819084a6e50f0302f732 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cfeb2b4f048190a2d387b64975647a ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cfecdc70048190813f715153ca0f0e ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cfec4515308190be32a295619babdb nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.