Triple

T14945497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Connect Transit E372645 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System
Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System was the former name of Connect Transit, the primary public bus transportation provider serving the Bloomington–Normal area in Illinois.
 E1128120 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: Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System | Statement: [Connect Transit, formerName, Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System
Context triple: [Connect Transit, formerName, Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System]
  • A. Bloomington Transit
    Bloomington Transit is the primary public bus system serving the city of Bloomington, Indiana, providing local fixed-route and paratransit services.
  • B. Sangamon Mass Transit District
    Sangamon Mass Transit District is the primary public bus transportation agency serving Springfield and surrounding areas in Sangamon County, Illinois.
  • C. Springfield City Utilities Transit
    Springfield City Utilities Transit is the public bus transportation system serving the city of Springfield and surrounding areas in Greene County, Missouri.
  • D. St. Charles Area Transit system
    The St. Charles Area Transit system is the public bus network serving residents and visitors in St. Charles, Missouri.
  • E. Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
    Minnesota Valley Transit Authority is a public bus agency serving suburban communities in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota.
  • 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: Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System
Triple: [Connect Transit, formerName, Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System]
Generated description
Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System was the former name of Connect Transit, the primary public bus transportation provider serving the Bloomington–Normal area in Illinois.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System
Target entity description: Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System was the former name of Connect Transit, the primary public bus transportation provider serving the Bloomington–Normal area in Illinois.
  • A. Bloomington Transit
    Bloomington Transit is the primary public bus system serving the city of Bloomington, Indiana, providing local fixed-route and paratransit services.
  • B. Sangamon Mass Transit District
    Sangamon Mass Transit District is the primary public bus transportation agency serving Springfield and surrounding areas in Sangamon County, Illinois.
  • C. Springfield City Utilities Transit
    Springfield City Utilities Transit is the public bus transportation system serving the city of Springfield and surrounding areas in Greene County, Missouri.
  • D. St. Charles Area Transit system
    The St. Charles Area Transit system is the public bus network serving residents and visitors in St. Charles, Missouri.
  • E. Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
    Minnesota Valley Transit Authority is a public bus agency serving suburban communities in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota.
  • 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_69d85cc9da0c81908d583ca3f63a3908 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded68d20048190a403af85fe43dede completed April 15, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe7e963c548190b3a06ffbbb3298b2 completed May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe807eaa208190a478f0d0599ef695 completed May 9, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe811c14448190b85d94244adcd662 completed May 9, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:39 a.m.