Triple

T2229449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States territorial waters E48729 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object U.S. contiguous zone
The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
E244195 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. contiguous zone | Statement: [United States territorial waters, relatedTo, U.S. contiguous zone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. contiguous zone
Context triple: [United States territorial waters, relatedTo, U.S. contiguous zone]
  • A. U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
    The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
  • B. United States territorial waters
    United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
  • C. Panama Canal Zone (historical)
    The Panama Canal Zone was a former U.S.-controlled territory in Panama that encompassed the land surrounding the Panama Canal and served as a strategic corridor for international maritime trade.
  • D. Cuba (maritime boundary)
    Cuba (maritime boundary) refers to the legally defined sea border and associated maritime zones separating the territorial waters and jurisdictions of Cuba and neighboring states such as the Cayman Islands.
  • E. New York State territorial waters
    New York State territorial waters are the coastal and inland marine areas under New York’s legal authority, encompassing its ocean, estuarine, and Great Lakes waters where the state manages resources and enforces environmental and wildlife regulations.
  • 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. contiguous zone
Triple: [United States territorial waters, relatedTo, U.S. contiguous zone]
Generated description
The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. contiguous zone
Target entity description: The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
  • A. U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
    The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
  • B. United States territorial waters
    United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
  • C. Panama Canal Zone (historical)
    The Panama Canal Zone was a former U.S.-controlled territory in Panama that encompassed the land surrounding the Panama Canal and served as a strategic corridor for international maritime trade.
  • D. Cuba (maritime boundary)
    Cuba (maritime boundary) refers to the legally defined sea border and associated maritime zones separating the territorial waters and jurisdictions of Cuba and neighboring states such as the Cayman Islands.
  • E. New York State territorial waters
    New York State territorial waters are the coastal and inland marine areas under New York’s legal authority, encompassing its ocean, estuarine, and Great Lakes waters where the state manages resources and enforces environmental and wildlife regulations.
  • 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_69a88aa51b388190949868ec9766e587 completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc0685b688190857a76c1043f4b92 completed March 7, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6567b64c8190ab718f20bbf033df completed March 9, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae666bd32c81909ff15201757a6c76 completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae66d9ab508190bebeb9402825a8db completed March 9, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.