Triple

T4115465
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norfolk International Terminals E90279 entity
Predicate operator P179 FINISHED
Object Virginia Port Authority
The Virginia Port Authority is the state agency that owns and oversees the major commercial shipping terminals comprising the Port of Virginia, one of the busiest and deepest seaports on the U.S. East Coast.
 E412328 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: Virginia Port Authority | Statement: [Norfolk International Terminals, operator, Virginia Port Authority]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Virginia Port Authority
Context triple: [Norfolk International Terminals, operator, Virginia Port Authority]
  • A. Virgin Islands Port Authority
    The Virgin Islands Port Authority is a territorial government agency responsible for managing and operating major seaports and airports throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • B. Massachusetts Port Authority
    The Massachusetts Port Authority is an independent public agency that owns and operates major transportation facilities in Massachusetts, including Boston’s Logan International Airport and key maritime and cargo terminals.
  • C. Maryland Port Administration
    The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
  • D. Port of Richmond
    The Port of Richmond is a major deep-water shipping and industrial port on the San Francisco Bay that serves as a key hub for cargo, petroleum, and automobile imports and exports in Northern California.
  • E. Port of Richmond
    The Port of Richmond is an inland shipping and transportation hub in Richmond, Virginia, serving as a key maritime gateway along the James River for regional commerce and cargo movement.
  • 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: Virginia Port Authority
Triple: [Norfolk International Terminals, operator, Virginia Port Authority]
Generated description
The Virginia Port Authority is the state agency that owns and oversees the major commercial shipping terminals comprising the Port of Virginia, one of the busiest and deepest seaports on the U.S. East Coast.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Virginia Port Authority
Target entity description: The Virginia Port Authority is the state agency that owns and oversees the major commercial shipping terminals comprising the Port of Virginia, one of the busiest and deepest seaports on the U.S. East Coast.
  • A. Virgin Islands Port Authority
    The Virgin Islands Port Authority is a territorial government agency responsible for managing and operating major seaports and airports throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • B. Massachusetts Port Authority
    The Massachusetts Port Authority is an independent public agency that owns and operates major transportation facilities in Massachusetts, including Boston’s Logan International Airport and key maritime and cargo terminals.
  • C. Maryland Port Administration
    The Maryland Port Administration is the state agency responsible for managing and promoting Maryland’s public port facilities, including the Port of Baltimore, to support maritime commerce and economic development.
  • D. Port of Richmond
    The Port of Richmond is a major deep-water shipping and industrial port on the San Francisco Bay that serves as a key hub for cargo, petroleum, and automobile imports and exports in Northern California.
  • E. Port of Richmond
    The Port of Richmond is an inland shipping and transportation hub in Richmond, Virginia, serving as a key maritime gateway along the James River for regional commerce and cargo movement.
  • 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af01f1e2e08190a6b73d7674c34e88 completed March 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b90054081908a51c366c6fe51d7 completed March 14, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56c0a3b1c81908ae4c630c6881c1c completed March 14, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56c94df3481908d2f4a3976fb775b completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.