Triple

T41511

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Interstate 395	`E818`	entity
Predicate	maintainedBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Virginia Department of Transportation The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.	`E3296`	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: Virginia Department of Transportation | Statement: [Interstate 395, maintainedBy, Virginia Department of Transportation]

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

Target entity: Virginia Department of Transportation
Context triple: [Interstate 395, maintainedBy, Virginia Department of Transportation]

A. Virginia Railway Express
Virginia Railway Express is a commuter rail service that connects Northern Virginia suburbs with Washington, D.C., primarily serving daily work commuters.
B. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
C. Interstate 66
Interstate 66 is a major east–west U.S. highway in the Mid-Atlantic region that connects Washington, D.C. with northern Virginia and extends westward toward the Shenandoah Valley.
D. 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.
E. District Department of Transportation
The District Department of Transportation is the local government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Washington, D.C.’s transportation infrastructure, including its roads, bridges, and public space.
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: Virginia Department of Transportation
Triple: [Interstate 395, maintainedBy, Virginia Department of Transportation]

Generated description

The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.

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

Target entity: Virginia Department of Transportation
Target entity description: The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.

A. Virginia Railway Express
Virginia Railway Express is a commuter rail service that connects Northern Virginia suburbs with Washington, D.C., primarily serving daily work commuters.
B. Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
C. Interstate 66
Interstate 66 is a major east–west U.S. highway in the Mid-Atlantic region that connects Washington, D.C. with northern Virginia and extends westward toward the Shenandoah Valley.
D. 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.
E. District Department of Transportation
The District Department of Transportation is the local government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Washington, D.C.’s transportation infrastructure, including its roads, bridges, and public space.
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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a24ae0b7c4819092220568e8e52ad5`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a24e63a9848190a0f38b23521804e6`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a24efe21148190849accf51a2632f0`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a24fca983c8190a62b8820645d2d2c`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.