Triple

T1346449

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)	`E28581`	entity
Predicate	maintainedBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Maryland State Highway Administration The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.	`E154261`	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: Maryland State Highway Administration | Statement: [Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), maintainedBy, Maryland State Highway Administration]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maryland State Highway Administration
Context triple: [Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), maintainedBy, Maryland State Highway Administration]

A. Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
B. Maryland Transportation Authority
The Maryland Transportation Authority is the state agency responsible for financing, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
C. Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is the state agency responsible for driver licensing, vehicle registration, and related motor vehicle services in Maryland.
D. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
E. Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
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: Maryland State Highway Administration
Triple: [Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), maintainedBy, Maryland State Highway Administration]

Generated description

The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maryland State Highway Administration
Target entity description: The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maryland’s non-toll state highways and related infrastructure.

A. Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
B. Maryland Transportation Authority
The Maryland Transportation Authority is the state agency responsible for financing, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s toll roads, bridges, and tunnels.
C. Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is the state agency responsible for driver licensing, vehicle registration, and related motor vehicle services in Maryland.
D. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
E. Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4c23e84188190b0395c57dd45b62a`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69acc639201c81908ed9c9ac37cd358f`	completed	March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69acc71a3e808190aecbb57a64f39b6b`	completed	March 8, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69acc88e4ec08190945b366524b83088`	completed	March 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.