Triple

T257013
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merrimack River E5456 entity
Predicate crossedBy P416 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway running through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, connecting the Boston metropolitan area with the New Hampshire Lakes Region and beyond.
E177284 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 3 | Statement: [Merrimack River, crossedBy, U.S. Route 3]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 3
Context triple: [Merrimack River, crossedBy, U.S. Route 3]
  • A. U.S. Route 2
    U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
  • B. U.S. Route 20
    U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
  • C. U.S. Route 7
    U.S. Route 7 is a major north–south highway in New England that runs from Connecticut through Massachusetts to Vermont, connecting numerous towns and rural areas along its route.
  • D. U.S. Route 19
    U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
  • E. U.S. Route 15
    U.S. Route 15 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from South Carolina to New York, serving as an important regional corridor through several Mid-Atlantic and Southern states.
  • 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 3
Triple: [Merrimack River, crossedBy, U.S. Route 3]
Generated description
U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway running through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, connecting the Boston metropolitan area with the New Hampshire Lakes Region and beyond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 3
Target entity description: U.S. Route 3 is a north–south United States highway running through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, connecting the Boston metropolitan area with the New Hampshire Lakes Region and beyond.
  • A. U.S. Route 2
    U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
  • B. U.S. Route 20
    U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
  • C. U.S. Route 7
    U.S. Route 7 is a major north–south highway in New England that runs from Connecticut through Massachusetts to Vermont, connecting numerous towns and rural areas along its route.
  • D. U.S. Route 19
    U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
  • E. U.S. Route 15
    U.S. Route 15 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from South Carolina to New York, serving as an important regional corridor through several Mid-Atlantic and Southern states.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d5884c88190a349d7593b688921 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad36eb1c4481908ed30e83fb96c253 completed March 8, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad38470cbc8190aab01f23b2d6c18f completed March 8, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad3897a4888190894809011c9e8dc3 completed March 8, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.