Triple

T4187736

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Government of Detroit	`E88353`	entity
Predicate	hasPart	`P35`	FINISHED
Object	Detroit Department of Transportation The Detroit Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for operating and managing Detroit’s public transit services, including its bus network and related transportation infrastructure.	`E419582`	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: Detroit Department of Transportation | Statement: [Government of Detroit, hasPart, Detroit Department of Transportation]

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

Target entity: Detroit Department of Transportation
Context triple: [Government of Detroit, hasPart, Detroit Department of Transportation]

A. Chicago Department of Transportation
The Chicago Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Chicago’s transportation infrastructure, including streets, bridges, and pedestrian facilities.
B. Detroit Transportation Corporation
Detroit Transportation Corporation is the public agency that owns and operates Detroit's downtown People Mover automated transit system.
C. Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority
The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region of Michigan.
D. Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for managing and regulating transportation systems, traffic operations, and mobility services within Los Angeles.
E. Detroit Police Department
The Detroit Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Detroit, Michigan, historically noted for its controversial role in civil unrest and efforts to reform policing practices.
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: Detroit Department of Transportation
Triple: [Government of Detroit, hasPart, Detroit Department of Transportation]

Generated description

The Detroit Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for operating and managing Detroit’s public transit services, including its bus network and related transportation infrastructure.

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

Target entity: Detroit Department of Transportation
Target entity description: The Detroit Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for operating and managing Detroit’s public transit services, including its bus network and related transportation infrastructure.

A. Chicago Department of Transportation
The Chicago Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Chicago’s transportation infrastructure, including streets, bridges, and pedestrian facilities.
B. Detroit Transportation Corporation
Detroit Transportation Corporation is the public agency that owns and operates Detroit's downtown People Mover automated transit system.
C. Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority
The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region of Michigan.
D. Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is the city agency responsible for managing and regulating transportation systems, traffic operations, and mobility services within Los Angeles.
E. Detroit Police Department
The Detroit Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Detroit, Michigan, historically noted for its controversial role in civil unrest and efforts to reform policing practices.
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_69aed9477e8c81908bcb862d2db55b1d`	completed	March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69af0325a82c8190849d8a828e2c7b44`	completed	March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b58a034f6481909a3126d8832f7821`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b58abc256c8190ad37c8d213b8f11e`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b58b41916c81909eb2e5ab482a5fe1`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m.

Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.