Triple

T359691
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S.–Mexico border E7820 entity
Predicate hasMajorCrossing P12328 FINISHED
Object Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
E47075 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: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing | Statement: [U.S.–Mexico border, hasMajorCrossing, Brownsville–Matamoros crossing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
Context triple: [U.S.–Mexico border, hasMajorCrossing, Brownsville–Matamoros crossing]
  • A. Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing
    The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing is a major international gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico, linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
  • B. El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing
    The El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing is a major binational urban gateway where the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez meet, forming one of the busiest land ports of entry between the two countries.
  • C. U.S.–Mexico border
    The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
  • D. San Ysidro Port of Entry
    The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, connecting the United States and Mexico between San Diego and Tijuana.
  • E. Tecate Port of Entry
    Tecate Port of Entry is a U.S.–Mexico border crossing facility connecting Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California, serving as a smaller, less congested alternative to the main San Diego–Tijuana crossings.
  • 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: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
Triple: [U.S.–Mexico border, hasMajorCrossing, Brownsville–Matamoros crossing]
Generated description
The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brownsville–Matamoros crossing
Target entity description: The Brownsville–Matamoros crossing is a major international border crossing complex linking Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and serving as a key gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
  • A. Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing
    The Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing is a major international gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexico, linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
  • B. El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing
    The El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing is a major binational urban gateway where the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez meet, forming one of the busiest land ports of entry between the two countries.
  • C. U.S.–Mexico border
    The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
  • D. San Ysidro Port of Entry
    The San Ysidro Port of Entry is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world, connecting the United States and Mexico between San Diego and Tijuana.
  • E. Tecate Port of Entry
    Tecate Port of Entry is a U.S.–Mexico border crossing facility connecting Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California, serving as a smaller, less congested alternative to the main San Diego–Tijuana crossings.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee29ede0819095279af95b53e350 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.