Triple

T145862
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CharlieCard E3327 entity
Predicate distributionPoint P1486 FINISHED
Object MBTA customer service locations
MBTA customer service locations are official transit agency offices and kiosks where riders can get assistance, manage fare products, and resolve issues related to Boston’s public transportation system.
E57513 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: MBTA customer service locations | Statement: [CharlieCard, distributionPoint, MBTA customer service locations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MBTA customer service locations
Context triple: [CharlieCard, distributionPoint, MBTA customer service locations]
  • A. MBTA
    The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is the public transit agency that operates subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry services in the Greater Boston area.
  • B. MBTA Waverley
    MBTA Waverley is a commuter rail station in Belmont, Massachusetts, served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fitchburg Line.
  • C. MBTA Commuter Rail network
    The MBTA Commuter Rail network is a regional passenger rail system serving Greater Boston and surrounding communities in Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island.
  • D. MBTA bus network
    The MBTA bus network is the system of public bus routes serving Cambridge and the greater Boston area as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s regional transit services.
  • E. MBTA Green Line
    The MBTA Green Line is a light rail service in Boston, Massachusetts, known as one of the oldest subway lines in the United States and serving key neighborhoods, universities, and cultural destinations across the city.
  • 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: MBTA customer service locations
Triple: [CharlieCard, distributionPoint, MBTA customer service locations]
Generated description
MBTA customer service locations are official transit agency offices and kiosks where riders can get assistance, manage fare products, and resolve issues related to Boston’s public transportation system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MBTA customer service locations
Target entity description: MBTA customer service locations are official transit agency offices and kiosks where riders can get assistance, manage fare products, and resolve issues related to Boston’s public transportation system.
  • A. MBTA
    The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is the public transit agency that operates subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry services in the Greater Boston area.
  • B. MBTA Waverley
    MBTA Waverley is a commuter rail station in Belmont, Massachusetts, served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fitchburg Line.
  • C. MBTA Commuter Rail network
    The MBTA Commuter Rail network is a regional passenger rail system serving Greater Boston and surrounding communities in Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island.
  • D. MBTA bus network
    The MBTA bus network is the system of public bus routes serving Cambridge and the greater Boston area as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s regional transit services.
  • E. MBTA Green Line
    The MBTA Green Line is a light rail service in Boston, Massachusetts, known as one of the oldest subway lines in the United States and serving key neighborhoods, universities, and cultural destinations across the city.
  • 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25bab43608190ba5ebfbee6b5b6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44f4eb77c81909e0e0d1729dd170c completed March 1, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a450205aa08190bf5c94ea7746bd4d completed March 1, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4506406dc8190ba3d4e54c409051b completed March 1, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.