Triple

T12024416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old Colony Building E286237 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
E959722 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: Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company | Statement: [Old Colony Building, namedAfter, Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Context triple: [Old Colony Building, namedAfter, Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company]
  • A. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • B. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • C. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • D. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • E. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • 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: Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Triple: [Old Colony Building, namedAfter, Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company]
Generated description
Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company
Target entity description: Old Colony (New England region) Steamship Company was a regional maritime transport firm that operated passenger and freight steamship services along the New England coast.
  • A. Old Colony Lines
    Old Colony Lines are a group of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail routes connecting Boston with communities in the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts.
  • B. Black Star Line
    Black Star Line was a shipping company established in the early 20th century as part of a broader movement to promote Black economic independence and facilitate the return of the African diaspora to Africa.
  • C. Great Western Steamship Company
    The Great Western Steamship Company was a 19th-century British shipping firm best known for commissioning Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s pioneering transatlantic steamships, including the SS Great Britain.
  • D. Chatham Lines
    Chatham Lines is a historic military and defensive area in Chatham, Kent, known for its preserved fortifications and open green spaces.
  • E. Franklin Line
    The Franklin Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail line serving communities southwest of Boston.
  • 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_69d6ab4669e48190b59246358b0383ab completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903ee4f9081909e5a58ecbd830b14 completed April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f48b71e5c48190a58ace8ef7c8928d completed May 1, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f48fc7a8848190a06b34cc45db4789 completed May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f495f069c48190a6e5856c272420c0 completed May 1, 2026, noon
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.