Triple

T1770864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nanaimo E38870 entity
Predicate hasFerryTerminal P15716 FINISHED
Object Departure Bay
Departure Bay is a coastal area and major BC Ferries terminal in Nanaimo, British Columbia, serving as a key link between Vancouver Island and mainland Canada.
E205627 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Departure Bay | Statement: [Nanaimo, hasFerryTerminal, Departure Bay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Departure Bay
Context triple: [Nanaimo, hasFerryTerminal, Departure Bay]
  • A. Fannie Bay
    Fannie Bay is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its beach, racecourse, and historic gaol.
  • B. Douglas Harbour
    Douglas Harbour is the principal port and maritime gateway of the Isle of Man, serving as its key hub for passenger and freight transport.
  • C. Cook's Bay
    Cook's Bay is the southernmost bay of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada, known for recreational boating and fishing.
  • D. Hanlan’s Point
    Hanlan’s Point is a popular recreational area on the Toronto Islands known for its beaches, parkland, and views of the Toronto skyline.
  • E. Kaunakakai Harbor
    Kaunakakai Harbor is the main commercial and transportation port serving the island of Molokaʻi in Hawaii.
  • 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: Departure Bay
Triple: [Nanaimo, hasFerryTerminal, Departure Bay]
Generated description
Departure Bay is a coastal area and major BC Ferries terminal in Nanaimo, British Columbia, serving as a key link between Vancouver Island and mainland Canada.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Departure Bay
Target entity description: Departure Bay is a coastal area and major BC Ferries terminal in Nanaimo, British Columbia, serving as a key link between Vancouver Island and mainland Canada.
  • A. Fannie Bay
    Fannie Bay is a coastal suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its beach, racecourse, and historic gaol.
  • B. Douglas Harbour
    Douglas Harbour is the principal port and maritime gateway of the Isle of Man, serving as its key hub for passenger and freight transport.
  • C. Cook's Bay
    Cook's Bay is the southernmost bay of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada, known for recreational boating and fishing.
  • D. Hanlan’s Point
    Hanlan’s Point is a popular recreational area on the Toronto Islands known for its beaches, parkland, and views of the Toronto skyline.
  • E. Kaunakakai Harbor
    Kaunakakai Harbor is the main commercial and transportation port serving the island of Molokaʻi in Hawaii.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasFerryTerminal
Context triple: [Nanaimo, hasFerryTerminal, Departure Bay]
  • A. hasFerryPort chosen
    Indicates that a place serves as a location where ferries regularly dock to load and unload passengers or cargo.
  • B. hasFerryService
    Indicates that there is an operational ferry connection or transport service available between the related locations or entities.
  • C. hasNearbyFerryPort
    Indicates that one location is situated close enough to another location that serves as a ferry port to be considered nearby.
  • D. eraOfMajorUseAsFerryTerminal
    Indicates the time period during which a location was primarily used as a ferry terminal.
  • E. linkedByFerryTo
    Indicates that one place is connected to another by a ferry route that enables transport between them.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ab39fc2c448190bfaf1ee8d474632a completed March 6, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc9a14a18819090b83b3d10304c74 completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcaed1f788190b14c3e2d2c3036d9 completed March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adcbee97e88190adc1315c0a5013ab completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61cbb1288190a7ba38b61905f578 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.