Triple

T1615943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Prince Rupert E34717 entity
Predicate hasFerryServiceBy P1737 FINISHED
Object BC Ferries
BC Ferries is a major Canadian ferry operator providing passenger and vehicle transportation along the British Columbia coast and to various coastal communities and islands.
E182798 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: BC Ferries | Statement: [Prince Rupert, hasFerryServiceBy, BC Ferries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Ferries
Context triple: [Prince Rupert, hasFerryServiceBy, BC Ferries]
  • A. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • B. Toronto Island Ferry
    The Toronto Island Ferry is a passenger boat service that transports people between downtown Toronto and the Toronto Islands, offering both essential transit and scenic views of the city skyline.
  • C. Caledonian MacBrayne
    Caledonian MacBrayne is a major Scottish ferry operator that runs passenger and vehicle services to numerous islands and remote coastal communities on Scotland’s west coast.
  • D. Steamship Authority ferries
    Steamship Authority ferries are passenger and vehicle ferry services that connect mainland Massachusetts to island destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
  • E. Casco Bay Lines
    Casco Bay Lines is a ferry service operating passenger and vehicle routes among the islands and mainland ports of Casco Bay in Maine.
  • 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: BC Ferries
Triple: [Prince Rupert, hasFerryServiceBy, BC Ferries]
Generated description
BC Ferries is a major Canadian ferry operator providing passenger and vehicle transportation along the British Columbia coast and to various coastal communities and islands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Ferries
Target entity description: BC Ferries is a major Canadian ferry operator providing passenger and vehicle transportation along the British Columbia coast and to various coastal communities and islands.
  • A. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • B. Toronto Island Ferry
    The Toronto Island Ferry is a passenger boat service that transports people between downtown Toronto and the Toronto Islands, offering both essential transit and scenic views of the city skyline.
  • C. Caledonian MacBrayne
    Caledonian MacBrayne is a major Scottish ferry operator that runs passenger and vehicle services to numerous islands and remote coastal communities on Scotland’s west coast.
  • D. Steamship Authority ferries
    Steamship Authority ferries are passenger and vehicle ferry services that connect mainland Massachusetts to island destinations such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
  • E. Casco Bay Lines
    Casco Bay Lines is a ferry service operating passenger and vehicle routes among the islands and mainland ports of Casco Bay in Maine.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasFerryServiceBy
Context triple: [Prince Rupert, hasFerryServiceBy, BC Ferries]
  • A. hasFerryService chosen
    Indicates that there is an operational ferry connection or transport service available between the related locations or entities.
  • B. hasFerryPort
    Indicates that a place serves as a location where ferries regularly dock to load and unload passengers or cargo.
  • C. hasNearbyFerryPort
    Indicates that one location is situated close enough to another location that serves as a ferry port to be considered nearby.
  • D. ferryOperator
    Indicates that one entity operates, manages, or runs a ferry service for another entity or in a particular context.
  • E. linkedByFerryTo
    Indicates that one place is connected to another by a ferry route that enables transport between them.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a93fef600c819080fe75c42c8e6dac completed March 5, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad51cd2e54819086924378792eb2e3 completed March 8, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5248af2881909755ae87b4cd0041 completed March 8, 2026, 10:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad52b3dcf081909e73fba891e985b2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a907c52a548190b648a31ea306dd5b completed March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.