Triple
T348946
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Federal Highway Administration |
E6998
|
entity |
| Predicate | operates |
P24
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is a U.S. federal research facility dedicated to advancing highway engineering, safety, and infrastructure technologies.
|
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: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center | Statement: [Federal Highway Administration, operates, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Context triple: [Federal Highway Administration, operates, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is the principal research organization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducting engineering and environmental science R&D to support military and civil works missions.
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E.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
- 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: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Triple: [Federal Highway Administration, operates, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center]
Generated description
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is a U.S. federal research facility dedicated to advancing highway engineering, safety, and infrastructure technologies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Target entity description: The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is a U.S. federal research facility dedicated to advancing highway engineering, safety, and infrastructure technologies.
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A.
Federal Highway Administration
chosen
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is the principal research organization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducting engineering and environmental science R&D to support military and civil works missions.
-
E.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
- F. None of above.
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_69a3e57497948190918b163378036fd4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3e5e50b848190ab5d036719048df8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3e63c749c8190b5bfd85b7ccafa9c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:09 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.