Triple

T374294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Muskegon, Michigan E8335 entity
Predicate hasTransportation P105 FINISHED
Object Lake Express high-speed ferry
The Lake Express high-speed ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry that provides rapid cross-Lake Michigan service between Muskegon, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
E47380 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: Lake Express high-speed ferry | Statement: [Muskegon, Michigan, hasTransportation, Lake Express high-speed ferry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Express high-speed ferry
Context triple: [Muskegon, Michigan, hasTransportation, Lake Express high-speed ferry]
  • A. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • B. Cape May–Lewes Ferry
    The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that crosses the Delaware Bay, connecting Cape May, New Jersey, with Lewes, Delaware.
  • C. Aeromar
    Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
  • D. SamTrans
    SamTrans is the public bus and paratransit agency serving San Mateo County and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • E. Douglas Navigation
    Douglas Navigation was an 18th-century canalised waterway in Lancashire, England, created by improving the River Douglas to allow the transport of coal and other goods before being superseded by later canal developments.
  • 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: Lake Express high-speed ferry
Triple: [Muskegon, Michigan, hasTransportation, Lake Express high-speed ferry]
Generated description
The Lake Express high-speed ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry that provides rapid cross-Lake Michigan service between Muskegon, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Express high-speed ferry
Target entity description: The Lake Express high-speed ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry that provides rapid cross-Lake Michigan service between Muskegon, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • A. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • B. Cape May–Lewes Ferry
    The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a passenger and vehicle ferry service that crosses the Delaware Bay, connecting Cape May, New Jersey, with Lewes, Delaware.
  • C. Aeromar
    Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
  • D. SamTrans
    SamTrans is the public bus and paratransit agency serving San Mateo County and parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • E. Douglas Navigation
    Douglas Navigation was an 18th-century canalised waterway in Lancashire, England, created by improving the River Douglas to allow the transport of coal and other goods before being superseded by later canal developments.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec13b9b48190b294d998c6720132 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0aa7ac081908125aee0042c63cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f11956f88190aed9f3b7f51c0c37 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f21217b881909817a693e8cd75f5 completed March 1, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.