Triple

T1034830

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Queens Midtown Tunnel	`E22336`	entity
Predicate	builder	`P3143`	FINISHED
Object	New York City Tunnel Authority The New York City Tunnel Authority was a public agency responsible for financing and constructing vehicular tunnels in New York City before its functions were absorbed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.	`E128714`	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: New York City Tunnel Authority | Statement: [Queens Midtown Tunnel, builder, New York City Tunnel Authority]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York City Tunnel Authority
Context triple: [Queens Midtown Tunnel, builder, New York City Tunnel Authority]

A. New York State Bridge Authority
The New York State Bridge Authority is a public agency responsible for operating and maintaining several major toll bridges across the Hudson River in New York State.
B. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
C. New York State Thruway Authority
The New York State Thruway Authority is a public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and financing the New York State Thruway system and related toll highways.
D. New York City Department of Transportation
The New York City Department of Transportation is the municipal agency responsible for managing and maintaining much of New York City's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, traffic systems, and pedestrian facilities.
E. New York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining New York’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, public transit, and related systems.
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: New York City Tunnel Authority
Triple: [Queens Midtown Tunnel, builder, New York City Tunnel Authority]

Generated description

The New York City Tunnel Authority was a public agency responsible for financing and constructing vehicular tunnels in New York City before its functions were absorbed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York City Tunnel Authority
Target entity description: The New York City Tunnel Authority was a public agency responsible for financing and constructing vehicular tunnels in New York City before its functions were absorbed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

A. New York State Bridge Authority
The New York State Bridge Authority is a public agency responsible for operating and maintaining several major toll bridges across the Hudson River in New York State.
B. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
C. New York State Thruway Authority
The New York State Thruway Authority is a public agency responsible for operating, maintaining, and financing the New York State Thruway system and related toll highways.
D. New York City Department of Transportation
The New York City Department of Transportation is the municipal agency responsible for managing and maintaining much of New York City's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, traffic systems, and pedestrian facilities.
E. New York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining New York’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, public transit, and related systems.
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_69a493d848848190aed4011b34b2e8d3`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4b814c16c8190ac4d20feecdadbae`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ac538495e481908765083404b9c428`	completed	March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ac53fce9a481908466451b5d549b31`	completed	March 7, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ac546db5a081909678bbde71ac1abc`	completed	March 7, 2026, 4:38 p.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.