Triple

T173885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Numbered Highway System E3535 entity
Predicate includes P1393 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
E89106 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: U.S. Route 66 | Statement: [United States Numbered Highway System, includes, U.S. Route 66]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 66
Context triple: [United States Numbered Highway System, includes, U.S. Route 66]
  • A. Old U.S. Route 40
    Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
  • B. U.S. Route 61
    U.S. Route 61 is a major north–south United States highway, often called the "Blues Highway," that runs along the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Minnesota–Canada border.
  • C. U.S. Route 6
    U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
  • D. U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
  • E. Interstate 40
    Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
  • 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: U.S. Route 66
Triple: [United States Numbered Highway System, includes, U.S. Route 66]
Generated description
U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 66
Target entity description: U.S. Route 66 is a historic American highway, often called the "Mother Road," that became an iconic symbol of cross-country travel and mid-20th-century car culture.
  • A. Old U.S. Route 40
    Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
  • B. U.S. Route 61
    U.S. Route 61 is a major north–south United States highway, often called the "Blues Highway," that runs along the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Minnesota–Canada border.
  • C. U.S. Route 6
    U.S. Route 6 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running from Massachusetts to California, historically known as one of the longest highways in the United States.
  • D. U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
  • E. Interstate 40
    Interstate 40 is a major east–west transcontinental highway in the United States that stretches from California to North Carolina, passing through several key cities and states.
  • 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258e1ec008190a89dd452f72574f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a654ced04c819083e3cf2e44079341 completed March 3, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a658db60508190b9a0f515ac2b420a completed March 3, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a65949616c8190857c6c8053446eb4 completed March 3, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.