Triple
T1817571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sound Transit |
E40468
|
entity |
| Predicate | governingBody |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sound Transit Board of Directors
The Sound Transit Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs planning, funding, and operation of the regional transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area.
|
E204885
|
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: Sound Transit Board of Directors | Statement: [Sound Transit, governingBody, Sound Transit Board of Directors]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sound Transit Board of Directors Context triple: [Sound Transit, governingBody, Sound Transit Board of Directors]
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A.
Sound Transit
Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
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B.
TriMet Board of Directors
The TriMet Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs the operations and strategic decisions of the Portland-area public transit agency TriMet.
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C.
Sound Transit Link light rail
Sound Transit Link light rail is a regional rapid transit system serving Seattle and surrounding communities with frequent, high-capacity train service.
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D.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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E.
Portland Bureau of Transportation
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, managing, and maintaining Portland, Oregon’s transportation infrastructure and services.
- 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: Sound Transit Board of Directors Triple: [Sound Transit, governingBody, Sound Transit Board of Directors]
Generated description
The Sound Transit Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs planning, funding, and operation of the regional transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sound Transit Board of Directors Target entity description: The Sound Transit Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs planning, funding, and operation of the regional transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area.
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A.
Sound Transit
Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
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B.
TriMet Board of Directors
The TriMet Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs the operations and strategic decisions of the Portland-area public transit agency TriMet.
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C.
Sound Transit Link light rail
Sound Transit Link light rail is a regional rapid transit system serving Seattle and surrounding communities with frequent, high-capacity train service.
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D.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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E.
Portland Bureau of Transportation
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, managing, and maintaining Portland, Oregon’s transportation infrastructure and services.
- 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa65f7b84081909005ce36ef1199db |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf6019bc81909266b7f03b282f34 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adc3557d988190ae04df41e81bc842 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc3fadd08819090f9eedb4688cd4a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.