Triple

T4527589
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South Mountain E106215 entity
Predicate transportationCorridorNearby P3034 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland is a major east–west highway that traverses the state, connecting urban centers like Baltimore with rural and mountainous regions including the South Mountain area.
E449833 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: U.S. Route 40 in Maryland | Statement: [South Mountain, transportationCorridorNearby, U.S. Route 40 in Maryland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
Context triple: [South Mountain, transportationCorridorNearby, U.S. Route 40 in Maryland]
  • A. U.S. Route 4
    U.S. Route 4 is an east–west United States highway in the Northeast that runs between New York and New Hampshire, connecting cities such as Albany and Portsmouth.
  • B. Old U.S. Route 40
    Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
  • C. Maryland Route 100
    Maryland Route 100 is an east–west state highway in central Maryland that serves as a major commuter and connector route between suburbs such as Glen Burnie and key corridors like I-95 and MD 295.
  • D. Maryland Route 404
    Maryland Route 404 is a primary state highway on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that serves as a major east–west route to the Delaware beaches and coastal resort areas.
  • E. Maryland Route 4
    Maryland Route 4 is a major state highway in Maryland that connects the Washington, D.C. suburbs with Southern Maryland, serving as a key commuter and regional thoroughfare.
  • 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: U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
Triple: [South Mountain, transportationCorridorNearby, U.S. Route 40 in Maryland]
Generated description
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland is a major east–west highway that traverses the state, connecting urban centers like Baltimore with rural and mountainous regions including the South Mountain area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
Target entity description: U.S. Route 40 in Maryland is a major east–west highway that traverses the state, connecting urban centers like Baltimore with rural and mountainous regions including the South Mountain area.
  • A. U.S. Route 4
    U.S. Route 4 is an east–west United States highway in the Northeast that runs between New York and New Hampshire, connecting cities such as Albany and Portsmouth.
  • B. Old U.S. Route 40
    Old U.S. Route 40 is a historic transcontinental highway that once connected the U.S. East and West Coasts, serving as a major early 20th-century travel and commerce route across the country.
  • C. Maryland Route 100
    Maryland Route 100 is an east–west state highway in central Maryland that serves as a major commuter and connector route between suburbs such as Glen Burnie and key corridors like I-95 and MD 295.
  • D. Maryland Route 404
    Maryland Route 404 is a primary state highway on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that serves as a major east–west route to the Delaware beaches and coastal resort areas.
  • E. Maryland Route 4
    Maryland Route 4 is a major state highway in Maryland that connects the Washington, D.C. suburbs with Southern Maryland, serving as a key commuter and regional thoroughfare.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6231856c8190be9386a0ae15e7cf completed March 20, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bda4577d0c8190a88cdf4523446329 completed March 20, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bda8367b988190bd6859581ba9a38e completed March 20, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bda8b4d064819083de58ee18458fa8 completed March 20, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.