Triple

T2021708
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Surveyor of the Port of Salem E44118 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object United States Customs Service
The United States Customs Service was the former federal agency responsible for collecting import duties and enforcing customs laws at American ports of entry until its functions were absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security.
E7739 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: United States Customs Service | Statement: [Surveyor of the Port of Salem, partOf, United States Customs Service]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Customs Service
Context triple: [Surveyor of the Port of Salem, partOf, United States Customs Service]
  • A. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
  • B. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
  • C. Diplomatic Security Service
    The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
  • D. Immigration and Naturalization Service
    The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
  • E. United States Marshals Service
    The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
  • 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: United States Customs Service
Triple: [Surveyor of the Port of Salem, partOf, United States Customs Service]
Generated description
The United States Customs Service was the former federal agency responsible for collecting import duties and enforcing customs laws at American ports of entry until its functions were absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Customs Service
Target entity description: The United States Customs Service was the former federal agency responsible for collecting import duties and enforcing customs laws at American ports of entry until its functions were absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security.
  • A. U.S. Customs and Border Protection chosen
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
  • B. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
  • C. Diplomatic Security Service
    The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
  • D. Immigration and Naturalization Service
    The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
  • E. United States Marshals Service
    The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8efbe148190901d3650aa60408a completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae517e7c2481909d2840a734eed96b completed March 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae51e8aaa48190919397831d46db23 completed March 9, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae526dd8608190baefb3101884c83f completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.