Triple

T1666235
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MBTA CharlieCard E36017 entity
Predicate hasNameOrigin P3325 FINISHED
Object Charlie on the MTA song E17393 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Charlie on the MTA song | Statement: [MBTA CharlieCard, hasNameOrigin, Charlie on the MTA song]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie on the MTA song
Context triple: [MBTA CharlieCard, hasNameOrigin, Charlie on the MTA song]
  • A. song "Charlie on the MTA" chosen
    "Charlie on the MTA" is a mid-20th-century folk song about a man trapped riding Boston’s subway because he cannot pay the exit fare, and has become a cultural icon associated with the city’s transit system.
  • B. Manhattan (song)
    "Manhattan" is a popular 1925 show tune with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, celebrated for its witty, romantic depiction of New York City.
  • C. MTA
    MTA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maryland Transit Administration, the state agency that operates public transportation services in and around Baltimore, Maryland.
  • D. MTA
    MTA is the abbreviated name historically used for Boston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, the predecessor to today’s MBTA public transit system.
  • E. Take the "A" Train
    "Take the 'A' Train" is a classic jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn that became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and one of the most famous pieces in big band jazz.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69a8861286808190939afff3ce8ee31e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90adc57cc8190b270004c363768e3 completed March 5, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad682fd42881908ecd0f331e81aba8 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.