Triple

T14949214
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Route 38 (Massachusetts) E372745 entity
Predicate hasRouteDesignation P5539 FINISHED
Object MA 38
MA 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area with several communities to its north.
E1128472 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: MA 38 | Statement: [Route 38 (Massachusetts), hasRouteDesignation, MA 38]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MA 38
Context triple: [Route 38 (Massachusetts), hasRouteDesignation, MA 38]
  • A. MA 3
    MA 3 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area to the South Shore and Cape Cod.
  • B. MA 2
    MA 2 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects the Boston area with the north-central and western parts of the state.
  • C. MA-08
    MA-08 is a United States congressional district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • D. MA 16
    MA 16 is a state highway designation for a major east–west route in Massachusetts that passes through several cities and suburbs near Boston.
  • E. MA 2A
    MA 2A is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as an alternate and parallel route to the primary Massachusetts Route 2 corridor through several cities and towns.
  • 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: MA 38
Triple: [Route 38 (Massachusetts), hasRouteDesignation, MA 38]
Generated description
MA 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area with several communities to its north.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MA 38
Target entity description: MA 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area with several communities to its north.
  • A. MA 3
    MA 3 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area to the South Shore and Cape Cod.
  • B. MA 2
    MA 2 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects the Boston area with the north-central and western parts of the state.
  • C. MA-08
    MA-08 is a United States congressional district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • D. MA 16
    MA 16 is a state highway designation for a major east–west route in Massachusetts that passes through several cities and suburbs near Boston.
  • E. MA 2A
    MA 2A is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as an alternate and parallel route to the primary Massachusetts Route 2 corridor through several cities and towns.
  • 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded68fae3c81909873b113bfcaca05 completed April 15, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe7e986dfc8190a5cf363dabe6bdef completed May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe82845b788190b1d7af425aa354d4 completed May 9, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe832a4228819085ebb93e9fed00be completed May 9, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:39 a.m.