Triple

T403192

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bureau of Transportation Statistics	`E9328`	entity
Predicate	hasJurisdiction	`P285`	FINISHED
Object	United States transportation system The United States transportation system is the nationwide network of highways, railroads, air routes, waterways, and public transit infrastructure that supports the movement of people and goods across the country.	`E50792`	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: United States transportation system | Statement: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, hasJurisdiction, United States transportation system]

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

Target entity: United States transportation system
Context triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, hasJurisdiction, United States transportation system]

A. Interstate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System is a nationwide network of controlled-access highways in the United States designed to facilitate high-speed, long-distance travel and commerce.
B. National Highway System
The National Highway System is a network of strategically important U.S. roads, including Interstates and key state and local routes, that support the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
C. United States Numbered Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System is a nationwide network of primary and auxiliary highways established in 1926 to standardize and organize major intercity road travel across the country.
D. Federal-aid Highway Program
The Federal-aid Highway Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides federal funding and oversight for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the nation’s highways and related infrastructure.
E. Highway Trust Fund
The Highway Trust Fund is a U.S. federal transportation fund, primarily financed by fuel and related excise taxes, that supports the construction and maintenance of highways and mass transit systems.
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: United States transportation system
Triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, hasJurisdiction, United States transportation system]

Generated description

The United States transportation system is the nationwide network of highways, railroads, air routes, waterways, and public transit infrastructure that supports the movement of people and goods across the country.

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

Target entity: United States transportation system
Target entity description: The United States transportation system is the nationwide network of highways, railroads, air routes, waterways, and public transit infrastructure that supports the movement of people and goods across the country.

A. Interstate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System is a nationwide network of controlled-access highways in the United States designed to facilitate high-speed, long-distance travel and commerce.
B. National Highway System
The National Highway System is a network of strategically important U.S. roads, including Interstates and key state and local routes, that support the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility.
C. United States Numbered Highway System
The United States Numbered Highway System is a nationwide network of primary and auxiliary highways established in 1926 to standardize and organize major intercity road travel across the country.
D. Federal-aid Highway Program
The Federal-aid Highway Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides federal funding and oversight for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the nation’s highways and related infrastructure.
E. Highway Trust Fund
The Highway Trust Fund is a U.S. federal transportation fund, primarily financed by fuel and related excise taxes, that supports the construction and maintenance of highways and mass transit systems.
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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a2eca0e2048190a7bf360257965e56`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a41042136c819096dde34d5608feec`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:09 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a410a87f4c8190916688197abc1f16`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a410ff91e08190959720b0315a7989`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.