Triple

T7873689
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BC Ferries E182798 entity
Predicate parentOrganization P254 FINISHED
Object BC Ferry Authority
The BC Ferry Authority is a provincial governance body in British Columbia responsible for overseeing and regulating the operations of the BC Ferries coastal transportation system.
E697853 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: BC Ferry Authority | Statement: [BC Ferries, parentOrganization, BC Ferry Authority]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Ferry Authority
Context triple: [BC Ferries, parentOrganization, BC Ferry Authority]
  • A. Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
    Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
  • B. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • C. Puget Sound Navigation Company
    Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
  • D. Kitsap Transit
    Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
  • E. SF Hydro ferry
    The SF Hydro ferry was a Norwegian transport vessel sunk in 1944 as part of the Allied effort to disrupt Nazi Germany’s access to heavy water for its atomic research program.
  • 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: BC Ferry Authority
Triple: [BC Ferries, parentOrganization, BC Ferry Authority]
Generated description
The BC Ferry Authority is a provincial governance body in British Columbia responsible for overseeing and regulating the operations of the BC Ferries coastal transportation system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Ferry Authority
Target entity description: The BC Ferry Authority is a provincial governance body in British Columbia responsible for overseeing and regulating the operations of the BC Ferries coastal transportation system.
  • A. Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
    Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
  • B. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • C. Puget Sound Navigation Company
    Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
  • D. Kitsap Transit
    Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
  • E. SF Hydro ferry
    The SF Hydro ferry was a Norwegian transport vessel sunk in 1944 as part of the Allied effort to disrupt Nazi Germany’s access to heavy water for its atomic research program.
  • 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_69ca828a17248190b46defe758bc5ad3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb39a7f1648190980db4db1a800189 completed March 31, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b72cec08190ac8ea1d9676b68ce completed March 31, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5f1daac88190a162132bbd40fdc6 completed March 31, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb768ac1a48190bc6a59a64adf7144 completed March 31, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:56 p.m.