Triple
T21577996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Transportation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
E532448
|
entity |
| Predicate | governedBy |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Massachusetts Department of Transportation | Statement: [Transportation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, governedBy, Massachusetts Department of Transportation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts Department of Transportation Context triple: [Transportation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, governedBy, Massachusetts Department of Transportation]
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A.
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
chosen
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ transportation infrastructure, including highways, public transit, and other mobility systems.
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B.
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was a former state agency that operated and maintained the Massachusetts Turnpike and related transportation facilities before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
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C.
Maine Department of Transportation
The Maine Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Maine’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related facilities.
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D.
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
The Massachusetts Department of Public Works was the former state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Massachusetts’ highways and major transportation infrastructure before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Highway Department.
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E.
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Rhode Island’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and transit systems.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0c4618bec8190bcb0feb74568cbb1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eeeb59cee08190aae55ad6e2a4e077 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:31 p.m.