Triple

T4462479

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Steamship Authority ferries	`E98287`	entity
Predicate	operatedBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority is a Massachusetts public ferry service that provides essential year-round passenger and vehicle transportation between the mainland and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.	`E443199`	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: Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority | Statement: [Steamship Authority ferries, operatedBy, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority]

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

Target entity: Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority
Context triple: [Steamship Authority ferries, operatedBy, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority]

A. Woods Hole ferry terminal
Woods Hole ferry terminal is a major ferry hub in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, serving as the primary departure point for passenger and vehicle ferries to Martha’s Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
B. Fishers Island Ferry District
Fishers Island Ferry District is a public transportation authority that operates ferry services connecting Fishers Island, New York, to the mainland.
C. Maine State Ferry Service
The Maine State Ferry Service is a publicly operated ferry system that provides essential transportation between mainland Maine and several of its coastal island communities.
D. Casco Bay Lines
Casco Bay Lines is a ferry service operating passenger and vehicle routes among the islands and mainland ports of Casco Bay in Maine.
E. Wellfleet
Wellfleet is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its oysters, beaches, and protected seashore.
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: Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority
Triple: [Steamship Authority ferries, operatedBy, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority]

Generated description

The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority is a Massachusetts public ferry service that provides essential year-round passenger and vehicle transportation between the mainland and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

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

Target entity: Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority
Target entity description: The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority is a Massachusetts public ferry service that provides essential year-round passenger and vehicle transportation between the mainland and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

A. Woods Hole ferry terminal
Woods Hole ferry terminal is a major ferry hub in the village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod, serving as the primary departure point for passenger and vehicle ferries to Martha’s Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
B. Fishers Island Ferry District
Fishers Island Ferry District is a public transportation authority that operates ferry services connecting Fishers Island, New York, to the mainland.
C. Maine State Ferry Service
The Maine State Ferry Service is a publicly operated ferry system that provides essential transportation between mainland Maine and several of its coastal island communities.
D. Casco Bay Lines
Casco Bay Lines is a ferry service operating passenger and vehicle routes among the islands and mainland ports of Casco Bay in Maine.
E. Wellfleet
Wellfleet is a coastal town on outer Cape Cod in Massachusetts known for its oysters, beaches, and protected seashore.
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_69b3454a7c608190944f5455c8031d73`	completed	March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69b3567716a4819092a5bc9732e74592`	completed	March 13, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b6284b90708190b557b66bd7533f4e`	completed	March 15, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b629532cac8190b959adc0ef13305a`	completed	March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b62d9c287c8190a305f9d21517f913`	completed	March 15, 2026, 3:55 a.m.

Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:34 p.m.