Triple

T5022938
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ephrata, Washington E112898 entity
Predicate servedByHighway P385 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)
U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes) was a former U.S. Highway in the Pacific Northwest that once connected parts of Washington and Oregon before being decommissioned and replaced by other routes.
E486876 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 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes) | Statement: [Ephrata, Washington, servedByHighway, U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)
Context triple: [Ephrata, Washington, servedByHighway, U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)]
  • A. U.S. Route 26 (nearby access)
    U.S. Route 26 is a major east–west U.S. highway in the Pacific Northwest that connects the Portland metropolitan area with central and eastern Oregon and beyond.
  • B. New Jersey Route 28 (nearby)
    New Jersey Route 28 is a state highway in central New Jersey that serves as a key east–west corridor connecting several suburban communities and commercial areas.
  • C. U.S. Route 206 (nearby)
    U.S. Route 206 is a major north–south United States highway running through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, connecting numerous towns and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • D. Bundesstraße 28 (nearby)
    Bundesstraße 28 is a major federal highway in southern Germany that connects several towns and cities across the state of Baden-Württemberg.
  • E. U.S. Route 158 in North Carolina
    U.S. Route 158 in North Carolina is an east–west U.S. highway that traverses the northern part of the state, connecting the Piedmont region to the Outer Banks and serving as a major corridor for local and tourist traffic.
  • 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 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)
Triple: [Ephrata, Washington, servedByHighway, U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)]
Generated description
U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes) was a former U.S. Highway in the Pacific Northwest that once connected parts of Washington and Oregon before being decommissioned and replaced by other routes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes)
Target entity description: U.S. Route 28 (historical alignment nearby / regional routes) was a former U.S. Highway in the Pacific Northwest that once connected parts of Washington and Oregon before being decommissioned and replaced by other routes.
  • A. U.S. Route 26 (nearby access)
    U.S. Route 26 is a major east–west U.S. highway in the Pacific Northwest that connects the Portland metropolitan area with central and eastern Oregon and beyond.
  • B. New Jersey Route 28 (nearby)
    New Jersey Route 28 is a state highway in central New Jersey that serves as a key east–west corridor connecting several suburban communities and commercial areas.
  • C. U.S. Route 206 (nearby)
    U.S. Route 206 is a major north–south United States highway running through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, connecting numerous towns and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • D. Bundesstraße 28 (nearby)
    Bundesstraße 28 is a major federal highway in southern Germany that connects several towns and cities across the state of Baden-Württemberg.
  • E. U.S. Route 158 in North Carolina
    U.S. Route 158 in North Carolina is an east–west U.S. highway that traverses the northern part of the state, connecting the Piedmont region to the Outer Banks and serving as a major corridor for local and tourist traffic.
  • 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_69bd4435c2f48190be593158cbfcf8a3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73670578819099a56112950708a8 completed March 20, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9282e2b08190abfa2c3e450957d4 completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be94965c4c8190b91be72f483d4b29 completed March 21, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9527906481909d6a42a262a67c31 completed March 21, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:36 p.m.