Triple

T16600392
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USPS International Mail Manual E403314 entity
Predicate coversService P17741 FINISHED
Object International Surface Air Lift
International Surface Air Lift is a USPS international bulk mail service that transports large volumes of printed matter and small parcels overseas using a combination of surface and air transportation at economical rates.
E1222653 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: International Surface Air Lift | Statement: [USPS International Mail Manual, coversService, International Surface Air Lift]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Surface Air Lift
Context triple: [USPS International Mail Manual, coversService, International Surface Air Lift]
  • A. The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
    The Hump airlift over the Himalayas was a World War II Allied air transport operation that flew supplies from India to China across the treacherous Himalayan mountains after the Japanese cut the Burma Road.
  • B. Star Lift
    Star Lift is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film featuring Marion Marshall among its ensemble cast, centered on entertainers performing for U.S. troops.
  • C. Starlifter
    Starlifter is the nickname of the Lockheed C-141, a U.S. military strategic airlifter used extensively for long-range cargo and troop transport from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
  • D. NATO Strategic Airlift Capability
    NATO Strategic Airlift Capability is a multinational NATO program that provides participating nations with shared access to strategic airlift capacity for transporting troops, equipment, and humanitarian aid worldwide.
  • E. Operation Aerial
    Operation Aerial was a World War II Allied evacuation operation in June 1940 that rescued British and Allied troops from western French ports following the fall of France.
  • 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: International Surface Air Lift
Triple: [USPS International Mail Manual, coversService, International Surface Air Lift]
Generated description
International Surface Air Lift is a USPS international bulk mail service that transports large volumes of printed matter and small parcels overseas using a combination of surface and air transportation at economical rates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Surface Air Lift
Target entity description: International Surface Air Lift is a USPS international bulk mail service that transports large volumes of printed matter and small parcels overseas using a combination of surface and air transportation at economical rates.
  • A. The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
    The Hump airlift over the Himalayas was a World War II Allied air transport operation that flew supplies from India to China across the treacherous Himalayan mountains after the Japanese cut the Burma Road.
  • B. Star Lift
    Star Lift is a 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film featuring Marion Marshall among its ensemble cast, centered on entertainers performing for U.S. troops.
  • C. Starlifter
    Starlifter is the nickname of the Lockheed C-141, a U.S. military strategic airlifter used extensively for long-range cargo and troop transport from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
  • D. NATO Strategic Airlift Capability
    NATO Strategic Airlift Capability is a multinational NATO program that provides participating nations with shared access to strategic airlift capacity for transporting troops, equipment, and humanitarian aid worldwide.
  • E. Operation Aerial
    Operation Aerial was a World War II Allied evacuation operation in June 1940 that rescued British and Allied troops from western French ports following the fall of France.
  • 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_69d883880d0c81908b5fcd454e767b60 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e35d75772c8190b02aef02ea6788e1 completed April 18, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0075a48c088190b6585e42dcd73705 completed May 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0076468d588190972639d0a22f0e3e completed May 10, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007728680c819082a3bd7e84edb2b0 completed May 10, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.