Triple

T2550944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alaska Railroad E56622 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Alaska Engineering Commission
The Alaska Engineering Commission was a U.S. federal agency established in the early 20th century to survey, design, and oversee construction of a government-owned railroad system in Alaska.
E276618 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: Alaska Engineering Commission | Statement: [Alaska Railroad, predecessor, Alaska Engineering Commission]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alaska Engineering Commission
Context triple: [Alaska Railroad, predecessor, Alaska Engineering Commission]
  • A. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
    The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the state agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Alaska’s transportation infrastructure and many public facilities, including highways, airports, and marine routes.
  • B. Alaska Department of Natural Resources
    The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Alaska’s land, water, mineral, and other natural resources for public benefit and sustainable use.
  • C. Alaska Department of Administration
    The Alaska Department of Administration is a state agency that provides centralized administrative, financial, and support services to other departments and agencies within Alaska’s state government.
  • D. Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
    The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development is a state agency responsible for promoting economic growth, supporting local communities, and regulating key commercial and professional sectors in Alaska.
  • E. University of Alaska Board of Regents
    The University of Alaska Board of Regents is the governing body that oversees the University of Alaska system, setting policy, approving budgets, and guiding the system’s overall strategic direction.
  • 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: Alaska Engineering Commission
Triple: [Alaska Railroad, predecessor, Alaska Engineering Commission]
Generated description
The Alaska Engineering Commission was a U.S. federal agency established in the early 20th century to survey, design, and oversee construction of a government-owned railroad system in Alaska.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alaska Engineering Commission
Target entity description: The Alaska Engineering Commission was a U.S. federal agency established in the early 20th century to survey, design, and oversee construction of a government-owned railroad system in Alaska.
  • A. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
    The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the state agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Alaska’s transportation infrastructure and many public facilities, including highways, airports, and marine routes.
  • B. Alaska Department of Natural Resources
    The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Alaska’s land, water, mineral, and other natural resources for public benefit and sustainable use.
  • C. Alaska Department of Administration
    The Alaska Department of Administration is a state agency that provides centralized administrative, financial, and support services to other departments and agencies within Alaska’s state government.
  • D. Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
    The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development is a state agency responsible for promoting economic growth, supporting local communities, and regulating key commercial and professional sectors in Alaska.
  • E. University of Alaska Board of Regents
    The University of Alaska Board of Regents is the governing body that oversees the University of Alaska system, setting policy, approving budgets, and guiding the system’s overall strategic direction.
  • 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2eaaf688190926a1104be12a540 completed March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d14a58c819094250ee393f95a37 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5db1c290819099d88815ebe97c1b completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e2cd2588190bc24c3cdd350fa70 completed March 9, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.