Triple
T8298646
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Minnesota State Highway 38 |
E194288
|
entity |
| Predicate | maintainedBy |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Minnesota Department of Transportation |
E106639
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Minnesota Department of Transportation | Statement: [Minnesota State Highway 38, maintainedBy, Minnesota Department of Transportation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minnesota Department of Transportation Context triple: [Minnesota State Highway 38, maintainedBy, Minnesota Department of Transportation]
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A.
Minnesota Department of Transportation
chosen
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways, bridges, and transit systems.
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B.
Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways and interstates.
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C.
South Dakota Department of Transportation
The South Dakota Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining South Dakota’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
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D.
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, rail, and related facilities.
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E.
Michigan Department of Transportation
The Michigan Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Michigan’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways, bridges, and public transit systems.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82e50ebc81909aa7b260c76bd757 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7dfa040c8190ab801b3910e39142 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd68b6ad30819090d34d8e79cee634 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.