Triple

T1972754

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Interstate 15	`E42837`	entity
Predicate	maintainedBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Montana Department of Transportation The Montana Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Montana’s highway and transportation infrastructure.	`E223883`	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: Montana Department of Transportation | Statement: [Interstate 15, maintainedBy, Montana Department of Transportation]

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

Target entity: Montana Department of Transportation
Context triple: [Interstate 15, maintainedBy, Montana Department of Transportation]

A. Nebraska Department of Transportation
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Nebraska’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
B. Idaho Transportation Department
The Idaho Transportation Department is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Idaho’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
C. Missouri Department of Transportation
The Missouri Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Missouri’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
D. Minnesota Department of Transportation
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways, bridges, and transit systems.
E. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the state agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Alaska’s transportation infrastructure and many public facilities, including highways, airports, and marine routes.
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: Montana Department of Transportation
Triple: [Interstate 15, maintainedBy, Montana Department of Transportation]

Generated description

The Montana Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Montana’s highway and transportation infrastructure.

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

Target entity: Montana Department of Transportation
Target entity description: The Montana Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Montana’s highway and transportation infrastructure.

A. Nebraska Department of Transportation
The Nebraska Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Nebraska’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
B. Idaho Transportation Department
The Idaho Transportation Department is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Idaho’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
C. Missouri Department of Transportation
The Missouri Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Missouri’s highway and transportation infrastructure.
D. Minnesota Department of Transportation
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways, bridges, and transit systems.
E. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the state agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Alaska’s transportation infrastructure and many public facilities, including highways, airports, and marine routes.
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_69a8871289048190b00b0d7744b7b2b1`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abb3f477988190b0165fc46b1cccfd`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ae032368508190a67fae314d0e6b21`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ae057cc1a08190895031fa6c095f49`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ae0751eff4819086e5469a2c56a24d`	completed	March 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.