Triple

T10132684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irish Sea ferry network E226776 entity
Predicate hasRoute P4374 FINISHED
Object Belfast–Liverpool ferry route
The Belfast–Liverpool ferry route is a major Irish Sea passenger and freight link connecting Northern Ireland’s capital with the northwest of England.
E844530 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: Belfast–Liverpool ferry route | Statement: [Irish Sea ferry network, hasRoute, Belfast–Liverpool ferry route]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belfast–Liverpool ferry route
Context triple: [Irish Sea ferry network, hasRoute, Belfast–Liverpool ferry route]
  • A. Liverpool–Douglas ferry route
    The Liverpool–Douglas ferry route is a passenger and vehicle ferry service linking the English city of Liverpool with Douglas on the Isle of Man across the Irish Sea.
  • B. Holyhead–Dublin ferry route
    The Holyhead–Dublin ferry route is a major maritime link between Wales and Ireland, carrying passengers and vehicles across the Irish Sea and forming a key part of the transport corridor between Great Britain and Ireland.
  • C. Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route
    The Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route is a long-established passenger and vehicle sea crossing linking southwest Wales with southeast Ireland across the Irish Sea.
  • D. Mallaig–Armadale ferry route
    The Mallaig–Armadale ferry route is a key Caledonian MacBrayne-operated sea crossing linking the fishing port of Mallaig on Scotland’s west coast with Armadale on the Isle of Skye.
  • E. Heysham–Douglas ferry route
    The Heysham–Douglas ferry route is a passenger and vehicle sea link across the Irish Sea connecting Heysham in England with Douglas on the Isle of Man.
  • 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: Belfast–Liverpool ferry route
Triple: [Irish Sea ferry network, hasRoute, Belfast–Liverpool ferry route]
Generated description
The Belfast–Liverpool ferry route is a major Irish Sea passenger and freight link connecting Northern Ireland’s capital with the northwest of England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belfast–Liverpool ferry route
Target entity description: The Belfast–Liverpool ferry route is a major Irish Sea passenger and freight link connecting Northern Ireland’s capital with the northwest of England.
  • A. Liverpool–Douglas ferry route
    The Liverpool–Douglas ferry route is a passenger and vehicle ferry service linking the English city of Liverpool with Douglas on the Isle of Man across the Irish Sea.
  • B. Holyhead–Dublin ferry route
    The Holyhead–Dublin ferry route is a major maritime link between Wales and Ireland, carrying passengers and vehicles across the Irish Sea and forming a key part of the transport corridor between Great Britain and Ireland.
  • C. Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route
    The Fishguard–Rosslare ferry route is a long-established passenger and vehicle sea crossing linking southwest Wales with southeast Ireland across the Irish Sea.
  • D. Mallaig–Armadale ferry route
    The Mallaig–Armadale ferry route is a key Caledonian MacBrayne-operated sea crossing linking the fishing port of Mallaig on Scotland’s west coast with Armadale on the Isle of Skye.
  • E. Heysham–Douglas ferry route
    The Heysham–Douglas ferry route is a passenger and vehicle sea link across the Irish Sea connecting Heysham in England with Douglas on the Isle of Man.
  • 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_69ca8433ec308190b8b25a6fe359c34c completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd336cbf48190b647c69675d0b06f completed April 2, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2e5ce3fcc8190b1d07dbba34d6bff completed April 5, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2e9eaf4f88190b9e18d0e1793b2c9 completed April 5, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ea4020888190a544ccc771ac600e completed April 5, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:06 p.m.