Triple

T3932949

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Benton MacKaye	`E90836`	entity
Predicate	associatedWith	`P37`	FINISHED
Object	Appalachian Trail Conference The Appalachian Trail Conference is the organization responsible for overseeing the management, protection, and coordination of the Appalachian Trail and its volunteer network.	`E399615`	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: Appalachian Trail Conference | Statement: [Benton MacKaye, associatedWith, Appalachian Trail Conference]

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

Target entity: Appalachian Trail Conference
Context triple: [Benton MacKaye, associatedWith, Appalachian Trail Conference]

A. Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Pacific Crest Trail Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, maintaining, and promoting the Pacific Crest Trail and supporting its hiking and equestrian communities.
B. New York–New Jersey Trail Conference
The New York–New Jersey Trail Conference is a nonprofit organization that builds, maintains, and protects a vast network of hiking trails and natural areas across New York and New Jersey through volunteer stewardship and advocacy.
C. Adirondack Mountain Club
Adirondack Mountain Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation, education, and responsible recreational use of New York’s Adirondack and Catskill Park wilderness areas.
D. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming unused rail corridors and other pathways into multi-use trails for walking, cycling, and outdoor recreation.
E. Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters is the central administrative and visitor center for the stewardship and management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
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: Appalachian Trail Conference
Triple: [Benton MacKaye, associatedWith, Appalachian Trail Conference]

Generated description

The Appalachian Trail Conference is the organization responsible for overseeing the management, protection, and coordination of the Appalachian Trail and its volunteer network.

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

Target entity: Appalachian Trail Conference
Target entity description: The Appalachian Trail Conference is the organization responsible for overseeing the management, protection, and coordination of the Appalachian Trail and its volunteer network.

A. Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Pacific Crest Trail Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, maintaining, and promoting the Pacific Crest Trail and supporting its hiking and equestrian communities.
B. New York–New Jersey Trail Conference
The New York–New Jersey Trail Conference is a nonprofit organization that builds, maintains, and protects a vast network of hiking trails and natural areas across New York and New Jersey through volunteer stewardship and advocacy.
C. Adirondack Mountain Club
Adirondack Mountain Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation, education, and responsible recreational use of New York’s Adirondack and Catskill Park wilderness areas.
D. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming unused rail corridors and other pathways into multi-use trails for walking, cycling, and outdoor recreation.
E. Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters is the central administrative and visitor center for the stewardship and management of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19`	completed	March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69aeedaaf3c881909539831bf3a8bf10`	completed	March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b52887d4a48190b51df3f51ff197c0`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b529a1486881908ff348558199232b`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b52a43c6f081908366d9848728f98a`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:28 a.m.

Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.