Triple

T403208

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Bureau of Transportation Statistics	`E9328`	entity
Predicate	publishes	`P80`	FINISHED
Object	National Transportation Statistics National Transportation Statistics is a comprehensive compendium of data on the performance, usage, safety, and economic aspects of the U.S. transportation system.	`E9328`	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: National Transportation Statistics | Statement: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, publishes, National Transportation Statistics]

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

Target entity: National Transportation Statistics
Context triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, publishes, National Transportation Statistics]

A. National Transit Database
The National Transit Database is the primary federal repository of financial, operational, and asset data on U.S. public transportation systems, used for planning, oversight, and funding decisions.
B. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a U.S. federal agency that compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the nation’s transportation systems to inform policy and decision-making.
C. 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.
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for improving road safety by setting and enforcing vehicle performance standards, investigating defects, and promoting traffic safety initiatives.
E. Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
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: National Transportation Statistics
Triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, publishes, National Transportation Statistics]

Generated description

National Transportation Statistics is a comprehensive compendium of data on the performance, usage, safety, and economic aspects of the U.S. transportation system.

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

Target entity: National Transportation Statistics
Target entity description: National Transportation Statistics is a comprehensive compendium of data on the performance, usage, safety, and economic aspects of the U.S. transportation system.

A. National Transit Database
The National Transit Database is the primary federal repository of financial, operational, and asset data on U.S. public transportation systems, used for planning, oversight, and funding decisions.
B. Bureau of Transportation Statistics chosen
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a U.S. federal agency that compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the nation’s transportation systems to inform policy and decision-making.
C. 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.
D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for improving road safety by setting and enforcing vehicle performance standards, investigating defects, and promoting traffic safety initiatives.
E. Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
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_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.