Triple

T163571

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	United States Secretary of Transportation	`E2961`	entity
Predicate	hasAbbreviation	`P43`	FINISHED
Object	SecDOT SecDOT is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Secretary of Transportation, the Cabinet-level official who oversees federal transportation policy and programs.	`E20606`	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: SecDOT | Statement: [United States Secretary of Transportation, hasAbbreviation, SecDOT]

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

Target entity: SecDOT
Context triple: [United States Secretary of Transportation, hasAbbreviation, SecDOT]

A. 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.
B. 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.
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. Georgia Department of Transportation
The Georgia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Georgia’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
E. Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
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: SecDOT
Triple: [United States Secretary of Transportation, hasAbbreviation, SecDOT]

Generated description

SecDOT is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Secretary of Transportation, the Cabinet-level official who oversees federal transportation policy and programs.

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

Target entity: SecDOT
Target entity description: SecDOT is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Secretary of Transportation, the Cabinet-level official who oversees federal transportation policy and programs.

A. 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.
B. 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.
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. Georgia Department of Transportation
The Georgia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Georgia’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
E. Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a2585a1a6481908899ad51211950e8`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a2db55b2808190bb120e6f266bd26b`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a2dbc9285081908ce873c8ec56c36f`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a2e05353808190a0392ea04cecdb43`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.