Triple

T4842966
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject City of New York E108219 entity
Predicate delegatedToAgency P18541 FINISHED
Object Department of Docks and Ferries
The Department of Docks and Ferries was a former New York City municipal agency responsible for managing the city’s waterfront facilities and operating its public ferry services.
E473693 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Department of Docks and Ferries | Statement: [City of New York, delegatedToAgency, Department of Docks and Ferries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Docks and Ferries
Context triple: [City of New York, delegatedToAgency, Department of Docks and Ferries]
  • A. Docks and Inland Waterways Executive
    The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive was a British nationalized body responsible for managing and operating the country’s docks and inland waterways in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Naval Hydrographic Office
    The Naval Hydrographic Office is a specialized unit responsible for charting, surveying, and providing nautical information to support the maritime operations and navigation safety of the Philippine Navy.
  • C. Naval Hydrographic Department
    The Naval Hydrographic Department is the Indian Navy’s specialized agency responsible for surveying and charting India’s maritime waters and producing official nautical charts and publications.
  • D. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
    The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is an Indian government ministry responsible for formulating policies and overseeing the development, regulation, and operation of the country’s ports, shipping industry, and inland waterways.
  • E. Maritime Administration
    The Maritime Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting and regulating the nation’s merchant marine, maritime transportation system, and related infrastructure and workforce.
  • 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: Department of Docks and Ferries
Triple: [City of New York, delegatedToAgency, Department of Docks and Ferries]
Generated description
The Department of Docks and Ferries was a former New York City municipal agency responsible for managing the city’s waterfront facilities and operating its public ferry services.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Docks and Ferries
Target entity description: The Department of Docks and Ferries was a former New York City municipal agency responsible for managing the city’s waterfront facilities and operating its public ferry services.
  • A. Docks and Inland Waterways Executive
    The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive was a British nationalized body responsible for managing and operating the country’s docks and inland waterways in the mid-20th century.
  • B. Naval Hydrographic Office
    The Naval Hydrographic Office is a specialized unit responsible for charting, surveying, and providing nautical information to support the maritime operations and navigation safety of the Philippine Navy.
  • C. Naval Hydrographic Department
    The Naval Hydrographic Department is the Indian Navy’s specialized agency responsible for surveying and charting India’s maritime waters and producing official nautical charts and publications.
  • D. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
    The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is an Indian government ministry responsible for formulating policies and overseeing the development, regulation, and operation of the country’s ports, shipping industry, and inland waterways.
  • E. Maritime Administration
    The Maritime Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for promoting and regulating the nation’s merchant marine, maritime transportation system, and related infrastructure and workforce.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: delegatedToAgency
Context triple: [City of New York, delegatedToAgency, Department of Docks and Ferries]
  • A. usedByAgency
    Indicates that something (such as a resource, tool, or service) is utilized or employed by an agency.
  • B. designatesAgencyAs chosen
    Indicates that one entity formally assigns or recognizes another entity as its acting agency or representative body.
  • C. servesAgency
    Indicates that one entity performs services or functions on behalf of, or under the authority of, an agency.
  • D. implementedByAgency
    Indicates that an action, program, or policy is carried out or executed by a specific agency.
  • E. publicAgencyFor
    Indicates that one entity serves as a public agency acting on behalf of, or responsible for providing public services to, another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e01872c81909607010c10538ad1 completed March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5ccdf7a081909624f5cff787e688 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5dbb7abc819096f55477cab2d408 completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5e8540688190a6e475e128d79d2b completed March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd6c2375a4819098e16acb982c8fab completed March 20, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.