Triple

T2209825

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	National Geodetic Survey	`E50887`	entity
Predicate	foundedAs	`P364`	FINISHED
Object	United States Coast Survey The United States Coast Survey was a 19th-century U.S. federal scientific agency responsible for charting the nation’s coasts and producing nautical maps to support safe navigation and commerce.	`E246428`	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: United States Coast Survey | Statement: [National Geodetic Survey, foundedAs, United States Coast Survey]

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

Target entity: United States Coast Survey
Context triple: [National Geodetic Survey, foundedAs, United States Coast Survey]

A. United States Hydrographic Office
The United States Hydrographic Office was a U.S. Navy agency responsible for producing nautical charts, sailing directions, and other navigational publications to support safe maritime navigation.
B. Naval Hydrographic Office
The Naval Hydrographic Office is a specialized unit responsible for charting, surveying, and providing nautical information to support the maritime operations and navigation safety of the Philippine Navy.
C. National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
D. Naval Hydrographic Service
The Naval Hydrographic Service is the Argentine Navy’s specialized agency responsible for producing nautical charts, conducting hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, and providing maritime navigation information.
E. United States Lighthouse Board
The United States Lighthouse Board was a 19th-century federal agency that modernized and oversaw the construction, maintenance, and operation of lighthouses and other navigational aids along U.S. coasts and waterways.
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: United States Coast Survey
Triple: [National Geodetic Survey, foundedAs, United States Coast Survey]

Generated description

The United States Coast Survey was a 19th-century U.S. federal scientific agency responsible for charting the nation’s coasts and producing nautical maps to support safe navigation and commerce.

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

Target entity: United States Coast Survey
Target entity description: The United States Coast Survey was a 19th-century U.S. federal scientific agency responsible for charting the nation’s coasts and producing nautical maps to support safe navigation and commerce.

A. United States Hydrographic Office
The United States Hydrographic Office was a U.S. Navy agency responsible for producing nautical charts, sailing directions, and other navigational publications to support safe maritime navigation.
B. Naval Hydrographic Office
The Naval Hydrographic Office is a specialized unit responsible for charting, surveying, and providing nautical information to support the maritime operations and navigation safety of the Philippine Navy.
C. National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
D. Naval Hydrographic Service
The Naval Hydrographic Service is the Argentine Navy’s specialized agency responsible for producing nautical charts, conducting hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, and providing maritime navigation information.
E. United States Lighthouse Board
The United States Lighthouse Board was a 19th-century federal agency that modernized and oversaw the construction, maintenance, and operation of lighthouses and other navigational aids along U.S. coasts and waterways.
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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abbfce5abc8190b90b92e32045385d`	completed	March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ae6af84b708190ac3170a343eb107f`	completed	March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ae6b31eccc81908fbcc80f72e65df8`	completed	March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ae6bd2856c81909033efe74039c258`	completed	March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.