Triple

T1850237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maine State Ferry Service E41377 entity
Predicate route P5619 FINISHED
Object Rockland–Vinalhaven
Rockland–Vinalhaven is a ferry route in Maine connecting the mainland town of Rockland with the island community of Vinalhaven across Penobscot Bay.
E208491 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: Rockland–Vinalhaven | Statement: [Maine State Ferry Service, route, Rockland–Vinalhaven]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rockland–Vinalhaven
Context triple: [Maine State Ferry Service, route, Rockland–Vinalhaven]
  • A. Rockland
    Rockland is a small suburban town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, known for its residential character and proximity to Boston.
  • B. Yarmouth
    Yarmouth is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic villages, and tourism.
  • C. Yarmouth
    Yarmouth is a small historic port town and popular tourist destination on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England.
  • D. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • E. Chebeague Island, Maine
    Chebeague Island, Maine is a small island community in Casco Bay known for its coastal scenery, historic fishing and lobstering heritage, and role as a seasonal and year-round residential destination.
  • 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: Rockland–Vinalhaven
Triple: [Maine State Ferry Service, route, Rockland–Vinalhaven]
Generated description
Rockland–Vinalhaven is a ferry route in Maine connecting the mainland town of Rockland with the island community of Vinalhaven across Penobscot Bay.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rockland–Vinalhaven
Target entity description: Rockland–Vinalhaven is a ferry route in Maine connecting the mainland town of Rockland with the island community of Vinalhaven across Penobscot Bay.
  • A. Rockland
    Rockland is a small suburban town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, known for its residential character and proximity to Boston.
  • B. Yarmouth
    Yarmouth is a coastal town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its beaches, historic villages, and tourism.
  • C. Yarmouth
    Yarmouth is a small historic port town and popular tourist destination on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England.
  • D. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • E. Chebeague Island, Maine
    Chebeague Island, Maine is a small island community in Casco Bay known for its coastal scenery, historic fishing and lobstering heritage, and role as a seasonal and year-round residential destination.
  • 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb066bd6881909c8d6a6b63cb0ee5 completed March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1c6941081909cef987ebe4b4d6c completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add28a8f848190bf6ea0924e7dd9fc completed March 8, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add37ad9a481908b2a1476a8d33091 completed March 8, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.