Triple

T16818586
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Long Island City station E408819 entity
Predicate connectsTo P845 FINISHED
Object East River ferries (historically)
The historical East River ferries were passenger boat services that linked Manhattan with waterfront neighborhoods such as Long Island City across the East River in New York City.
E7733 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: East River ferries (historically) | Statement: [Long Island City station, connectsTo, East River ferries (historically)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East River ferries (historically)
Context triple: [Long Island City station, connectsTo, East River ferries (historically)]
  • A. NY Waterway ferry
    The NY Waterway ferry is a privately operated commuter and passenger ferry service that connects New Jersey communities, including Jersey City, with Manhattan across the Hudson River.
  • B. Oxford–Bellevue Ferry
    The Oxford–Bellevue Ferry is one of the oldest privately operated ferries in the United States, carrying passengers and vehicles across Maryland’s Tred Avon River and linking the towns of Oxford and Bellevue.
  • C. NYC Ferry
    NYC Ferry is a public ferry system in New York City that provides commuter and recreational boat service across several routes connecting waterfront neighborhoods in the five boroughs.
  • D. Staten Island Ferry terminals
    Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
  • E. Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route
    The Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route is a free passenger ferry service connecting Lower Manhattan and Staten Island across New York Harbor.
  • 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: East River ferries (historically)
Triple: [Long Island City station, connectsTo, East River ferries (historically)]
Generated description
The historical East River ferries were passenger boat services that linked Manhattan with waterfront neighborhoods such as Long Island City across the East River in New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East River ferries (historically)
Target entity description: The historical East River ferries were passenger boat services that linked Manhattan with waterfront neighborhoods such as Long Island City across the East River in New York City.
  • A. NY Waterway ferry
    The NY Waterway ferry is a privately operated commuter and passenger ferry service that connects New Jersey communities, including Jersey City, with Manhattan across the Hudson River.
  • B. Oxford–Bellevue Ferry
    The Oxford–Bellevue Ferry is one of the oldest privately operated ferries in the United States, carrying passengers and vehicles across Maryland’s Tred Avon River and linking the towns of Oxford and Bellevue.
  • C. NYC Ferry chosen
    NYC Ferry is a public ferry system in New York City that provides commuter and recreational boat service across several routes connecting waterfront neighborhoods in the five boroughs.
  • D. Staten Island Ferry terminals
    Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
  • E. Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route
    The Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route is a free passenger ferry service connecting Lower Manhattan and Staten Island across New York Harbor.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d88394566c8190b3dcbdc72935f7fa completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b2e476d48190bff097055cc353dc completed April 18, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00b297778c81909a2545c359739151 completed May 10, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00b4caae5081909017095977093704 completed May 10, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00b52f58e08190a28506f03fbeda15 completed May 10, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.