Triple

T403196

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bureau of Transportation Statistics	`E9328`	entity
Predicate	parentAgency	`P254`	FINISHED
Object	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology is a U.S. Department of Transportation office that coordinates and advances transportation research, data, and technology initiatives across the federal transportation system.	`E50793`	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: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology | Statement: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, parentAgency, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology]

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

Target entity: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Context triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, parentAgency, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology]

A. Office of Research and Technology Applications
The Office of Research and Technology Applications is a federal laboratory office responsible for promoting the transfer and commercialization of government-developed technologies to the private sector and broader public.
B. Directorate of Science and Technology
The Directorate of Science and Technology is the branch of the CIA responsible for developing and applying advanced technologies to support U.S. intelligence collection and analysis.
C. Office of Research and Development
The Office of Research and Development is a specialized unit focused on planning, funding, and overseeing scientific and technological research initiatives within its parent organization.
D. Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering
The Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering was a high-level U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating advanced military research, development, and engineering efforts.
E. Office of Technical Readiness
The Office of Technical Readiness is a component organization within the Directorate of Science and Technology responsible for ensuring that advanced technologies are prepared, evaluated, and available for operational use.
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: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, parentAgency, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology]

Generated description

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology is a U.S. Department of Transportation office that coordinates and advances transportation research, data, and technology initiatives across the federal transportation system.

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

Target entity: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Target entity description: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology is a U.S. Department of Transportation office that coordinates and advances transportation research, data, and technology initiatives across the federal transportation system.

A. Office of Research and Technology Applications
The Office of Research and Technology Applications is a federal laboratory office responsible for promoting the transfer and commercialization of government-developed technologies to the private sector and broader public.
B. Directorate of Science and Technology
The Directorate of Science and Technology is the branch of the CIA responsible for developing and applying advanced technologies to support U.S. intelligence collection and analysis.
C. Office of Research and Development
The Office of Research and Development is a specialized unit focused on planning, funding, and overseeing scientific and technological research initiatives within its parent organization.
D. Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering
The Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering was a high-level U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for overseeing and coordinating advanced military research, development, and engineering efforts.
E. Office of Technical Readiness
The Office of Technical Readiness is a component organization within the Directorate of Science and Technology responsible for ensuring that advanced technologies are prepared, evaluated, and available for operational use.
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.