Triple

T137340
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MARC Train E2774 entity
Predicate governingBody P46 FINISHED
Object 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.
E16026 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 Department of Transportation | Statement: [MARC Train, governingBody, Maryland Department of Transportation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Department of Transportation
Context triple: [MARC Train, governingBody, Maryland Department of Transportation]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Maine Department of Transportation
    The Maine Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maine’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related facilities.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
    The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission is a regional transit agency in Northern Virginia that oversees and funds commuter rail and bus services for member jurisdictions south of Washington, D.C.
  • E. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
    The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was a former state agency that operated and maintained the Massachusetts Turnpike and related transportation facilities before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
  • 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 Department of Transportation
Triple: [MARC Train, governingBody, Maryland Department of Transportation]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Department of Transportation
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Maine Department of Transportation
    The Maine Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maine’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related facilities.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
    The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission is a regional transit agency in Northern Virginia that oversees and funds commuter rail and bus services for member jurisdictions south of Washington, D.C.
  • E. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
    The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was a former state agency that operated and maintained the Massachusetts Turnpike and related transportation facilities before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
  • 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257a6cab88190944c8f74d8d1605c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b0198e08819088752a41f4a1d488 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b0cc512c8190a6c8ebef9b97d653 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b185f194819095e8db41918a20e7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.