Triple

T3475398
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject ICE International services E73361 entity
Predicate borderCrossing P4105 FINISHED
Object Germany–Switzerland
Germany–Switzerland is the international border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation, crossed by various transport routes including high-speed rail services.
E364653 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: Germany–Switzerland | Statement: [ICE International services, borderCrossing, Germany–Switzerland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Germany–Switzerland
Context triple: [ICE International services, borderCrossing, Germany–Switzerland]
  • A. Deutschschweiz
    Deutschschweiz is the predominantly German-speaking region of Switzerland, encompassing major cities like Zurich, Basel, and Bern and forming the country's largest linguistic and cultural area.
  • B. Switzerland
    Switzerland is a landlocked Central European country known for its long-standing neutrality, mountainous landscapes, financial centers, and multilingual, federal political system.
  • C. France and Switzerland
    France and Switzerland are neighboring European countries that share part of the western Alpine region and have strong historical, cultural, and economic ties.
  • D. Switzerland and Liechtenstein
    Switzerland and Liechtenstein are two small, landlocked Central European countries known for their Alpine landscapes, close economic ties, and shared use of the Swiss franc.
  • E. Germany and Austria
    Germany and Austria are neighboring Central European countries that share historical, cultural, and linguistic ties, including a common use of the German language.
  • 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: Germany–Switzerland
Triple: [ICE International services, borderCrossing, Germany–Switzerland]
Generated description
Germany–Switzerland is the international border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation, crossed by various transport routes including high-speed rail services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Germany–Switzerland
Target entity description: Germany–Switzerland is the international border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation, crossed by various transport routes including high-speed rail services.
  • A. Deutschschweiz
    Deutschschweiz is the predominantly German-speaking region of Switzerland, encompassing major cities like Zurich, Basel, and Bern and forming the country's largest linguistic and cultural area.
  • B. Switzerland
    Switzerland is a landlocked Central European country known for its long-standing neutrality, mountainous landscapes, financial centers, and multilingual, federal political system.
  • C. France and Switzerland
    France and Switzerland are neighboring European countries that share part of the western Alpine region and have strong historical, cultural, and economic ties.
  • D. Switzerland and Liechtenstein
    Switzerland and Liechtenstein are two small, landlocked Central European countries known for their Alpine landscapes, close economic ties, and shared use of the Swiss franc.
  • E. Germany and Austria
    Germany and Austria are neighboring Central European countries that share historical, cultural, and linguistic ties, including a common use of the German language.
  • 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb593a388190b7786190deba96ed completed March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e5efe9c819087fbda6832598c04 completed March 13, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37ede876c8190ab8d4b595ebb1af2 completed March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37f5574b08190bdde80b47f2cb99c completed March 13, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.