Triple
T21261149
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles H. Purcell |
E524004
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | California State Highway Engineer |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: California State Highway Engineer | Statement: [Charles H. Purcell, positionHeld, California State Highway Engineer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California State Highway Engineer Context triple: [Charles H. Purcell, positionHeld, California State Highway Engineer]
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A.
California State Transportation Agency
The California State Transportation Agency is a California state government cabinet-level department that oversees and coordinates the state’s transportation-related entities and policies, including highways, rail, transit, and other mobility systems.
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B.
Caltrans
chosen
Caltrans is the California state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining the state’s highway and transportation systems.
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C.
Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol
The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol is the top executive officer responsible for leading and overseeing the statewide law enforcement agency that patrols California’s highways and provides traffic safety and related public safety services.
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D.
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
The Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation is the state’s top transportation official, overseeing agencies and services related to highways, public transit, aeronautics, and motor vehicles.
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E.
California Department of Public Works
The California Department of Public Works was a former state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining major public infrastructure projects in California, including highways and bridges.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b5156d7881909bd4f83676590715 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e735e6a0448190ad412a8fcbbd8ff0 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:59 p.m.