Triple
T2203207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iowa Department of Transportation |
E50537
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDivision |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation
The Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation is the branch responsible for managing and maintaining the state’s transportation infrastructure and day-to-day roadway operations.
|
E50537
|
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: Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation | Statement: [Iowa Department of Transportation, hasDivision, Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation Context triple: [Iowa Department of Transportation, hasDivision, Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation]
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A.
Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways and interstates.
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B.
Nebraska Department of Transportation
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Nebraska’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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C.
Idaho Transportation Department
The Idaho Transportation Department is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Idaho’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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D.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Oklahoma’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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E.
Illinois Department of Transportation
The Illinois Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Illinois’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, rail, and aviation systems.
- 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: Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation Triple: [Iowa Department of Transportation, hasDivision, Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation]
Generated description
The Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation is the branch responsible for managing and maintaining the state’s transportation infrastructure and day-to-day roadway operations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation Target entity description: The Operations Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation is the branch responsible for managing and maintaining the state’s transportation infrastructure and day-to-day roadway operations.
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A.
Iowa Department of Transportation
chosen
The Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways and interstates.
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B.
Nebraska Department of Transportation
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Nebraska’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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C.
Idaho Transportation Department
The Idaho Transportation Department is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Idaho’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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D.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Oklahoma’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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E.
Illinois Department of Transportation
The Illinois Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Illinois’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, rail, and aviation systems.
- 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_69a88b044ab48190add007487680f009 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbfa33f0881908403604eafb73ecf |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae65473fd48190b58dba4205776096 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae666bd32c81909ff15201757a6c76 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae66d8ba688190a2102c00fc6231c4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.