Triple

T20614624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Commonwealth Transportation Board E506533 entity
Predicate governingBodyFor P2820 FINISHED
Object Virginia Department of Transportation — NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Virginia Department of Transportation | Statement: [Commonwealth Transportation Board, governingBodyFor, Virginia Department of Transportation]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Virginia Department of Transportation
Context triple: [Commonwealth Transportation Board, governingBodyFor, Virginia Department of Transportation]
  • A. Virginia Department of Transportation chosen
    The Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Virginia’s highway system and other transportation infrastructure.
  • B. West Virginia Department of Transportation
    The West Virginia Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for overseeing transportation infrastructure and services, including highways, transit, rail, and related programs throughout West Virginia.
  • C. West Virginia Division of Highways
    The West Virginia Division of Highways is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining West Virginia’s public roadways and related transportation infrastructure.
  • D. Maryland Department of Transportation
    The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
  • E. Prince William County Department of Transportation
    The Prince William County Department of Transportation is the local government agency responsible for planning, building, and managing the county’s transportation infrastructure and services in Prince William County, Virginia.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69e0b4bc90988190ac360aaf645efc1d elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6aadaf47881909e93efb535c6c1e3 ner completed
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:41 a.m.