Triple

T620420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alaska Marine Highway System E14498 entity
Predicate routeTerminus P388 FINISHED
Object Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington is a coastal city in the northwestern United States known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and Alaska, with a busy port, outdoor recreation, and a vibrant college-town atmosphere.
E107794 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Bellingham, Washington | Statement: [Alaska Marine Highway System, routeTerminus, Bellingham, Washington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellingham, Washington
Context triple: [Alaska Marine Highway System, routeTerminus, Bellingham, Washington]
  • A. Tacoma, Washington
    Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
  • B. Lacey, Washington
    Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
  • C. Forks, Washington
    Forks, Washington is a small, rainy town on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula best known as the primary real-world setting of the Twilight book and film series.
  • D. Medina, Washington
    Medina, Washington is an affluent suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, best known as the home of Bill Gates and other prominent tech figures.
  • E. Vancouver, Washington
    Vancouver, Washington is a mid-sized city in southwest Washington State, located on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon.
  • 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: Bellingham, Washington
Triple: [Alaska Marine Highway System, routeTerminus, Bellingham, Washington]
Generated description
Bellingham, Washington is a coastal city in the northwestern United States known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and Alaska, with a busy port, outdoor recreation, and a vibrant college-town atmosphere.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bellingham, Washington
Target entity description: Bellingham, Washington is a coastal city in the northwestern United States known as a gateway to the San Juan Islands and Alaska, with a busy port, outdoor recreation, and a vibrant college-town atmosphere.
  • A. Tacoma, Washington
    Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
  • B. Lacey, Washington
    Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
  • C. Forks, Washington
    Forks, Washington is a small, rainy town on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula best known as the primary real-world setting of the Twilight book and film series.
  • D. Medina, Washington
    Medina, Washington is an affluent suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, best known as the home of Bill Gates and other prominent tech figures.
  • E. Vancouver, Washington
    Vancouver, Washington is a mid-sized city in southwest Washington State, located on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: routeTerminus
Context triple: [Alaska Marine Highway System, routeTerminus, Bellingham, Washington]
  • A. terminus chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the final endpoint or stopping place for another entity’s movement, route, or process.
  • B. terminusType
    Indicates the specific kind or role of an endpoint or terminal within a route, network, or process.
  • C. route
    Indicates that one entity serves as a path or course used to travel or move between locations associated with another entity.
  • D. terminusSplitPoint
    Indicates a point at which a route, path, or process reaches its end and divides into two or more separate continuations or branches.
  • E. terminusEast
    Indicates that one entity serves as the eastern endpoint or final stop of another entity, such as a route, line, or path.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4934b17c881909ace8270e8ddd202 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e270b448190beb677670443b5b6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf498af4819085d494f85adf0825 completed March 4, 2026, 6:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7cfe2e6ac8190ad26947771829f86 completed March 4, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d079234881908826bf24f3c2900a completed March 4, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a49cfe9bc081909a01b4b3b48f03b7 completed March 1, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.