Triple

T17294953

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Maine State Route 224	`E419882`	entity
Predicate	westernTerminus	`P388`	FINISHED
Object	U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine is a segment of the major northeast U.S. highway that serves as a key arterial route for regional traffic through the city of Sanford.	`E1261569`	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: U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine | Statement: [Maine State Route 224, westernTerminus, U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine
Context triple: [Maine State Route 224, westernTerminus, U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine]

A. U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine
U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine is a major regional highway corridor that passes through the city, connecting it to surrounding communities and intersecting with key routes such as Interstate 395.
B. U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield, Maine
U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield, Maine is a segment of the north–south U.S. highway that serves as a primary arterial route through central Maine, connecting local roads and communities to the broader regional highway network.
C. U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine
U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine is a major north–south highway that serves as a key local and regional route through the town, linking it to other parts of central and northern Maine.
D. U.S. Route 202 in New Hampshire
U.S. Route 202 in New Hampshire is a north–south U.S. highway that traverses the southern part of the state, linking several communities as part of a longer multi-state corridor in the northeastern United States.
E. U.S. Route 2 in Maine
U.S. Route 2 in Maine is a major east–west highway crossing the state’s interior, connecting rural communities and regional centers between New Hampshire and the Bangor area.
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: U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine
Triple: [Maine State Route 224, westernTerminus, U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine]

Generated description

U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine is a segment of the major northeast U.S. highway that serves as a key arterial route for regional traffic through the city of Sanford.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine
Target entity description: U.S. Route 202 in Sanford, Maine is a segment of the major northeast U.S. highway that serves as a key arterial route for regional traffic through the city of Sanford.

A. U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine
U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine is a major regional highway corridor that passes through the city, connecting it to surrounding communities and intersecting with key routes such as Interstate 395.
B. U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield, Maine
U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield, Maine is a segment of the north–south U.S. highway that serves as a primary arterial route through central Maine, connecting local roads and communities to the broader regional highway network.
C. U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine
U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan, Maine is a major north–south highway that serves as a key local and regional route through the town, linking it to other parts of central and northern Maine.
D. U.S. Route 202 in New Hampshire
U.S. Route 202 in New Hampshire is a north–south U.S. highway that traverses the southern part of the state, linking several communities as part of a longer multi-state corridor in the northeastern United States.
E. U.S. Route 2 in Maine
U.S. Route 2 in Maine is a major east–west highway crossing the state’s interior, connecting rural communities and regional centers between New Hampshire and the Bangor area.
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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e437869ec08190b4a63fb1ee6a71ee`	completed	April 19, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0180d66bb8819086eb2c72b4dcbafb`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a01848c84cc8190bbcf1a8be82d0f68`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a01850519108190972c1ecea6b9313c`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:28 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.