Triple

T12733600
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lummi Island E304303 entity
Predicate hasTransportation P105 FINISHED
Object Whatcom Chief ferry
The Whatcom Chief ferry is a small county-operated vessel that provides essential passenger and vehicle service between Lummi Island and the mainland in Washington State.
E999885 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: Whatcom Chief ferry | Statement: [Lummi Island, hasTransportation, Whatcom Chief ferry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whatcom Chief ferry
Context triple: [Lummi Island, hasTransportation, Whatcom Chief ferry]
  • A. Washington State Ferries Super-class
    Washington State Ferries Super-class is a group of large, steel-hulled car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving major routes across Puget Sound.
  • B. Wolfe Islander ferry
    The Wolfe Islander ferry is a public car and passenger ferry that provides the main transportation link between Wolfe Island and Kingston, Ontario, across the St. Lawrence River.
  • C. MV Puyallup
    MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
  • D. SeaBus ferry
    The SeaBus ferry is a passenger-only commuter ferry service in Metro Vancouver that connects downtown Vancouver with the North Shore across Burrard Inlet.
  • E. M/V Kittitas
    M/V Kittitas is a Washington State Ferries vessel of the Issaquah class that provides passenger and vehicle transport across Puget Sound.
  • 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: Whatcom Chief ferry
Triple: [Lummi Island, hasTransportation, Whatcom Chief ferry]
Generated description
The Whatcom Chief ferry is a small county-operated vessel that provides essential passenger and vehicle service between Lummi Island and the mainland in Washington State.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whatcom Chief ferry
Target entity description: The Whatcom Chief ferry is a small county-operated vessel that provides essential passenger and vehicle service between Lummi Island and the mainland in Washington State.
  • A. Washington State Ferries Super-class
    Washington State Ferries Super-class is a group of large, steel-hulled car and passenger ferries operated by Washington State Ferries, known for serving major routes across Puget Sound.
  • B. Wolfe Islander ferry
    The Wolfe Islander ferry is a public car and passenger ferry that provides the main transportation link between Wolfe Island and Kingston, Ontario, across the St. Lawrence River.
  • C. MV Puyallup
    MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
  • D. SeaBus ferry
    The SeaBus ferry is a passenger-only commuter ferry service in Metro Vancouver that connects downtown Vancouver with the North Shore across Burrard Inlet.
  • E. M/V Kittitas
    M/V Kittitas is a Washington State Ferries vessel of the Issaquah class that provides passenger and vehicle transport across Puget Sound.
  • 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_69d7bdf1426c8190a4402e1c4cdec33a completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9646902408190b29268d864833b80 completed April 10, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f67c8c38a88190853c4d14e2492599 completed May 2, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67db4dd2081909a238e368645e899 completed May 2, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67ed2eac88190938747d2c75bae86 completed May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m.