Triple

T5006298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge E112501 entity
Predicate carries P1393 FINISHED
Object New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)
The New York City Subway tracks on the former upper level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge were part of an elevated rail alignment that once carried subway trains between Manhattan and Queens before being removed or repurposed.
E487308 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: New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly) | Statement: [Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, carries, New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)
Context triple: [Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, carries, New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)]
  • A. Manhattan Railway elevated lines
    The Manhattan Railway elevated lines were a network of elevated rapid transit railways in Manhattan that formed a key part of New York City's early mass transit system before the expansion of the subway.
  • B. Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail yard
    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail yard is a major train storage and maintenance facility on Manhattan’s West Side that historically served as a key operations hub for New York City’s commuter rail system.
  • C. New York City Subway at Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
    The New York City Subway at Grand Army Plaza on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line is an underground station in Brooklyn that serves the 2 and 3 trains near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library.
  • D. Bronx elevated lines
    The Bronx elevated lines were early New York City rapid transit routes consisting of elevated railway tracks extending service from Manhattan into the Bronx.
  • E. Brooklyn IRT lines
    The Brooklyn IRT lines are a group of New York City Subway routes in Brooklyn that were originally built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of its early rapid transit network.
  • 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: New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)
Triple: [Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, carries, New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)]
Generated description
The New York City Subway tracks on the former upper level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge were part of an elevated rail alignment that once carried subway trains between Manhattan and Queens before being removed or repurposed.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York City Subway tracks (upper level, formerly)
Target entity description: The New York City Subway tracks on the former upper level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge were part of an elevated rail alignment that once carried subway trains between Manhattan and Queens before being removed or repurposed.
  • A. Manhattan Railway elevated lines
    The Manhattan Railway elevated lines were a network of elevated rapid transit railways in Manhattan that formed a key part of New York City's early mass transit system before the expansion of the subway.
  • B. Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail yard
    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority rail yard is a major train storage and maintenance facility on Manhattan’s West Side that historically served as a key operations hub for New York City’s commuter rail system.
  • C. New York City Subway at Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
    The New York City Subway at Grand Army Plaza on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line is an underground station in Brooklyn that serves the 2 and 3 trains near Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library.
  • D. Bronx elevated lines
    The Bronx elevated lines were early New York City rapid transit routes consisting of elevated railway tracks extending service from Manhattan into the Bronx.
  • E. Brooklyn IRT lines
    The Brooklyn IRT lines are a group of New York City Subway routes in Brooklyn that were originally built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of its early rapid transit network.
  • 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_69bd4433d0b08190877e83959ef40d81 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd72e75db88190bccb30b93638a7a4 completed March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9261ef088190a012d55294b9e3c2 completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be945736d0819097e26ad90d6f9813 completed March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be94d3578c81909e8139f253e26d69 completed March 21, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.