Triple

T4115496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norfolk International Terminals E90279 entity
Predicate hasAlternateName P39 FINISHED
Object NIT
NIT is a major marine cargo terminal within the Port of Virginia, serving as a key hub for container shipping and logistics.
E412329 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: NIT | Statement: [Norfolk International Terminals, hasAlternateName, NIT]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIT
Context triple: [Norfolk International Terminals, hasAlternateName, NIT]
  • A. NIT
    NIT is a Japanese national university in Nagoya specializing in science, engineering, and technology education and research.
  • B. NAIA
    The NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) is a governing body that organizes and oversees athletics programs and national championships for smaller colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
  • C. NIU
    NIU is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the island nation of Niue in the South Pacific Ocean.
  • D. Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
    The Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an American college athletic conference that operated primarily in the Southwestern United States during the mid-20th century.
  • E. National Collegiate Athletic Association
    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the primary governing organization for college athletics in the United States, overseeing competition, rules, and championships across multiple divisions and sports.
  • 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: NIT
Triple: [Norfolk International Terminals, hasAlternateName, NIT]
Generated description
NIT is a major marine cargo terminal within the Port of Virginia, serving as a key hub for container shipping and logistics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIT
Target entity description: NIT is a major marine cargo terminal within the Port of Virginia, serving as a key hub for container shipping and logistics.
  • A. NIT
    NIT is a Japanese national university in Nagoya specializing in science, engineering, and technology education and research.
  • B. NAIA
    The NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) is a governing body that organizes and oversees athletics programs and national championships for smaller colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
  • C. NIU
    NIU is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the island nation of Niue in the South Pacific Ocean.
  • D. Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
    The Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an American college athletic conference that operated primarily in the Southwestern United States during the mid-20th century.
  • E. National Collegiate Athletic Association
    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the primary governing organization for college athletics in the United States, overseeing competition, rules, and championships across multiple divisions and sports.
  • 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.