Triple

T980337
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject VTA light rail E21151 entity
Predicate hasStation P35 FINISHED
Object Alum Rock station
Alum Rock station is a public transit stop in San Jose, California, serving as a terminus on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system.
E154420 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: Alum Rock station | Statement: [VTA light rail, hasStation, Alum Rock station]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alum Rock station
Context triple: [VTA light rail, hasStation, Alum Rock station]
  • A. Palo Alto station
    Palo Alto station is a major commuter rail stop in Palo Alto, California, serving as a key hub on the Caltrain line between San Francisco and San Jose.
  • B. Mountain View station
    Mountain View station is a commuter rail stop in Mountain View, California, serving as a key transit hub on the Caltrain line and connecting to local light rail and bus services.
  • C. Atherton station
    Atherton station is a commuter rail stop in Atherton, California, serving Caltrain passengers on the San Francisco Peninsula.
  • D. Riverside station
    Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
  • E. Millbrae station
    Millbrae station is a major intermodal transit hub in Millbrae, California, serving as a connection point between Caltrain commuter rail, BART rapid transit, and other local transportation services.
  • 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: Alum Rock station
Triple: [VTA light rail, hasStation, Alum Rock station]
Generated description
Alum Rock station is a public transit stop in San Jose, California, serving as a terminus on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alum Rock station
Target entity description: Alum Rock station is a public transit stop in San Jose, California, serving as a terminus on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system.
  • A. Palo Alto station
    Palo Alto station is a major commuter rail stop in Palo Alto, California, serving as a key hub on the Caltrain line between San Francisco and San Jose.
  • B. Mountain View station
    Mountain View station is a commuter rail stop in Mountain View, California, serving as a key transit hub on the Caltrain line and connecting to local light rail and bus services.
  • C. Atherton station
    Atherton station is a commuter rail stop in Atherton, California, serving Caltrain passengers on the San Francisco Peninsula.
  • D. Riverside station
    Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
  • E. Millbrae station
    Millbrae station is a major intermodal transit hub in Millbrae, California, serving as a connection point between Caltrain commuter rail, BART rapid transit, and other local transportation services.
  • 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_69a493c2b62c8190b616351789ec47f8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b47b58ec81908d95f151b9af3dae completed March 1, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acc605c85881909adc6091bb9d9f8c completed March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc71a3e808190aecbb57a64f39b6b completed March 8, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc88e4ec08190945b366524b83088 completed March 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.