Triple

T348944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Federal Highway Administration E6998 entity
Predicate publishes P80 FINISHED
Object Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the United States’ national standard that defines the design and use of road signs, signals, and pavement markings to ensure consistent and safe traffic control across the country.
E44304 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: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices | Statement: [Federal Highway Administration, publishes, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Context triple: [Federal Highway Administration, publishes, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices]
  • A. AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy
    The AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy is the official guideline issued by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials that defines how U.S. numbered highways are designated, numbered, and signed across the national network.
  • B. AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering
    The AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering is the body within the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials responsible for reviewing, approving, and maintaining the official numbering and routing of U.S. Highways.
  • C. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
    The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan standards-setting and policy organization representing state departments of transportation across the United States.
  • D. Department of Transportation Act
    The Department of Transportation Act is the U.S. federal law enacted in 1966 that created the United States Department of Transportation to coordinate and oversee national transportation policies and programs.
  • E. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954
    The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 was a U.S. law that expanded federal funding for highway construction and helped lay the groundwork for the later creation of the Interstate Highway System.
  • 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: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Triple: [Federal Highway Administration, publishes, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices]
Generated description
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the United States’ national standard that defines the design and use of road signs, signals, and pavement markings to ensure consistent and safe traffic control across the country.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Target entity description: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the United States’ national standard that defines the design and use of road signs, signals, and pavement markings to ensure consistent and safe traffic control across the country.
  • A. AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy
    The AASHTO U.S. Route Numbering and Sign Policy is the official guideline issued by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials that defines how U.S. numbered highways are designated, numbered, and signed across the national network.
  • B. AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering
    The AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering is the body within the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials responsible for reviewing, approving, and maintaining the official numbering and routing of U.S. Highways.
  • C. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
    The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan standards-setting and policy organization representing state departments of transportation across the United States.
  • D. Department of Transportation Act
    The Department of Transportation Act is the U.S. federal law enacted in 1966 that created the United States Department of Transportation to coordinate and oversee national transportation policies and programs.
  • E. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954
    The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 was a U.S. law that expanded federal funding for highway construction and helped lay the groundwork for the later creation of the Interstate Highway System.
  • 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_69a2e7951ba08190960e90823b5078f3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb1dc5f88190b54d084c6def7fc5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d7ee59bc819080c417f7bc4eba3c completed March 1, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d896730881909e931e289a0386b6 completed March 1, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d9665610819084739d23f3a14816 completed March 1, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.