Triple

T21701567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. highways in Illinois E535669 entity
Predicate hasRoute P4374 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 40 in Illinois
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois is the segment of the historic east–west U.S. Highway 40 that crosses the state, connecting communities across southern Illinois and paralleling parts of Interstate 70.
E1496397 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 40 in Illinois | Statement: [U.S. highways in Illinois, hasRoute, U.S. Route 40 in Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 40 in Illinois
Context triple: [U.S. highways in Illinois, hasRoute, U.S. Route 40 in Illinois]
  • A. U.S. Route 20 in Illinois
    U.S. Route 20 in Illinois is a major east–west U.S. highway that traverses northern Illinois, connecting rural areas, suburbs, and cities as part of a cross-country route from the Midwest to the East Coast.
  • B. U.S. Route 40 in Missouri
    U.S. Route 40 in Missouri is a major east–west federal highway segment that traverses the state, connecting key cities and serving as part of a historic transcontinental route.
  • C. U.S. Route 34 in Illinois
    U.S. Route 34 in Illinois is a major east–west highway that connects rural western parts of the state with the Chicago metropolitan area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • D. U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
    U.S. Route 40 in Maryland is a major east–west highway that traverses the state, connecting urban centers like Baltimore with rural and mountainous regions including the South Mountain area.
  • E. U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
    U.S. Route 40 in Delaware is a major east–west highway that serves as a key commuter and commercial corridor linking Maryland to New Jersey through northern Delaware.
  • 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 40 in Illinois
Triple: [U.S. highways in Illinois, hasRoute, U.S. Route 40 in Illinois]
Generated description
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois is the segment of the historic east–west U.S. Highway 40 that crosses the state, connecting communities across southern Illinois and paralleling parts of Interstate 70.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 40 in Illinois
Target entity description: U.S. Route 40 in Illinois is the segment of the historic east–west U.S. Highway 40 that crosses the state, connecting communities across southern Illinois and paralleling parts of Interstate 70.
  • A. U.S. Route 20 in Illinois
    U.S. Route 20 in Illinois is a major east–west U.S. highway that traverses northern Illinois, connecting rural areas, suburbs, and cities as part of a cross-country route from the Midwest to the East Coast.
  • B. U.S. Route 40 in Missouri
    U.S. Route 40 in Missouri is a major east–west federal highway segment that traverses the state, connecting key cities and serving as part of a historic transcontinental route.
  • C. U.S. Route 34 in Illinois
    U.S. Route 34 in Illinois is a major east–west highway that connects rural western parts of the state with the Chicago metropolitan area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • D. U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
    U.S. Route 40 in Maryland is a major east–west highway that traverses the state, connecting urban centers like Baltimore with rural and mountainous regions including the South Mountain area.
  • E. U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
    U.S. Route 40 in Delaware is a major east–west highway that serves as a key commuter and commercial corridor linking Maryland to New Jersey through northern Delaware.
  • 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_69e0c46b44c0819088ab883ebd44e0e8 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef9b802e008190a68ec62b98512794 completed April 27, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a1e2937688190a8a989ada1101a07 completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1ebd2bbc819083021cbc5873bfed completed May 17, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a1fa12dbc8190a263b12f75ef073b completed May 17, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:45 p.m.