Triple
T3035035
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company |
E82987
|
entity |
| Predicate | mailContractWith |
P45125
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Post Office Department |
E13972
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Post Office Department | Statement: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, mailContractWith, United States Post Office Department]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Post Office Department Context triple: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, mailContractWith, United States Post Office Department]
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A.
Post Office Department
chosen
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
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B.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. General Services Administration is a federal agency that manages government buildings, procurement, and technology services to support the operations of other U.S. government agencies.
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E.
Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: mailContractWith Context triple: [Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, mailContractWith, United States Post Office Department]
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A.
contactWith
Indicates that two entities are in direct or indirect physical or communicative interaction or touch with each other.
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B.
correspondedWith
Indicates that two entities engaged in mutual communication, typically by exchanging messages or letters over a period of time.
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C.
letter3
Indicates that one entity is the third letter (or character) of another entity, typically a string or word.
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D.
sentDocumentTo
Indicates that one entity transmitted or delivered a document to another entity.
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E.
coRecipientWith
Indicates that two or more entities receive the same item, benefit, or communication together as joint recipients.
- 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_69ad8b21a62881908ec5dd4fba4a187c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9b2a40b48190bfa7cdbb0fbd87f8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1dec577d481909a659607c17983ce |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ad961e2a408190afb1759132701305 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69ad97ba55dc8190b6dddddfb751cf64 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.