Triple

T30681

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	United States Department of Transportation	`E611`	entity
Predicate	oversees	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.	`E6998`	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: Federal Highway Administration | Statement: [United States Department of Transportation, oversees, Federal Highway Administration]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Highway Administration
Context triple: [United States Department of Transportation, oversees, Federal Highway Administration]

A. United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
B. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
C. Georgia Department of Transportation
The Georgia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Georgia’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
D. Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
E. Oregon Department of Transportation
The Oregon Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Oregon’s transportation systems, including highways, public transit support, rail, and other infrastructure.
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: Federal Highway Administration
Triple: [United States Department of Transportation, oversees, Federal Highway Administration]

Generated description

The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Highway Administration
Target entity description: The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.

A. United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
B. Florida Department of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Florida’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
C. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
D. Georgia Department of Transportation
The Georgia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Georgia’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
E. Virginia Department of Transportation
The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a24876ada48190b366ba8b9320ebb0`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a25ab0fb1c8190a7e8f31bf4d56eaf`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a25ce7c718819096a51f15d7c6acee`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a25daa5c188190b95c031dd646b704`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 3:14 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.