Triple

T915915
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles K. Kao E19769 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
Standard Telecommunication Laboratories was a British research facility renowned for its pioneering work in fiber-optic communications, notably associated with the groundbreaking research of Charles K. Kao.
E108356 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: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories | Statement: [Charles K. Kao, employer, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
Context triple: [Charles K. Kao, employer, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories]
  • A. ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
    The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is the branch of the International Telecommunication Union responsible for developing global technical standards for telecommunications and information and communication technologies.
  • B. International Telecommunication Union
    The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized United Nations agency responsible for coordinating global telecommunications networks, services, and radio-frequency spectrum use.
  • C. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
    The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
  • D. Radiocommunication Bureau
    The Radiocommunication Bureau is the administrative and technical arm of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, responsible for managing global radio-frequency spectrum use and satellite orbit resources.
  • E. ITU-T Recommendations
    ITU-T Recommendations are internationally recognized technical standards that guide the design, operation, and interoperability of global telecommunication and ICT networks and services.
  • 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: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
Triple: [Charles K. Kao, employer, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories]
Generated description
Standard Telecommunication Laboratories was a British research facility renowned for its pioneering work in fiber-optic communications, notably associated with the groundbreaking research of Charles K. Kao.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories
Target entity description: Standard Telecommunication Laboratories was a British research facility renowned for its pioneering work in fiber-optic communications, notably associated with the groundbreaking research of Charles K. Kao.
  • A. ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
    The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is the branch of the International Telecommunication Union responsible for developing global technical standards for telecommunications and information and communication technologies.
  • B. International Telecommunication Union
    The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized United Nations agency responsible for coordinating global telecommunications networks, services, and radio-frequency spectrum use.
  • C. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
    The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
  • D. Radiocommunication Bureau
    The Radiocommunication Bureau is the administrative and technical arm of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, responsible for managing global radio-frequency spectrum use and satellite orbit resources.
  • E. ITU-T Recommendations
    ITU-T Recommendations are internationally recognized technical standards that guide the design, operation, and interoperability of global telecommunication and ICT networks and services.
  • 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b2f789108190815fd1efbd6cc24f completed March 1, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf6062e48190ad7efca6da7d0445 completed March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7cfd126f48190bff81a9c2d3781f0 completed March 4, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d05886c081909e6453d766540720 completed March 4, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.