Triple

T5133085
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lerwick Harbour E115747 entity
Predicate connectsTo P845 FINISHED
Object NorthLink Ferries network
The NorthLink Ferries network is a Scottish ferry service operating key passenger and freight routes between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles, including Shetland and Orkney.
E495867 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: NorthLink Ferries network | Statement: [Lerwick Harbour, connectsTo, NorthLink Ferries network]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NorthLink Ferries network
Context triple: [Lerwick Harbour, connectsTo, NorthLink Ferries network]
  • A. Irish Sea ferry network
    The Irish Sea ferry network is a system of passenger and freight ferry routes linking ports in Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and surrounding islands across the Irish Sea.
  • B. Stena Line
    Stena Line is a major Swedish ferry company that operates passenger and freight services across several European routes.
  • C. Irish Ferries
    Irish Ferries is a major Irish ferry company operating passenger and freight services across the Irish Sea and to continental Europe.
  • D. P&O Ferries
    P&O Ferries is a major British ferry operator providing passenger and freight services across routes in the United Kingdom and Europe.
  • E. Caledonian MacBrayne
    Caledonian MacBrayne is a major Scottish ferry operator that runs passenger and vehicle services to numerous islands and remote coastal communities on Scotland’s west coast.
  • 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: NorthLink Ferries network
Triple: [Lerwick Harbour, connectsTo, NorthLink Ferries network]
Generated description
The NorthLink Ferries network is a Scottish ferry service operating key passenger and freight routes between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles, including Shetland and Orkney.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NorthLink Ferries network
Target entity description: The NorthLink Ferries network is a Scottish ferry service operating key passenger and freight routes between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles, including Shetland and Orkney.
  • A. Irish Sea ferry network
    The Irish Sea ferry network is a system of passenger and freight ferry routes linking ports in Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and surrounding islands across the Irish Sea.
  • B. Stena Line
    Stena Line is a major Swedish ferry company that operates passenger and freight services across several European routes.
  • C. Irish Ferries
    Irish Ferries is a major Irish ferry company operating passenger and freight services across the Irish Sea and to continental Europe.
  • D. P&O Ferries
    P&O Ferries is a major British ferry operator providing passenger and freight services across routes in the United Kingdom and Europe.
  • E. Caledonian MacBrayne
    Caledonian MacBrayne is a major Scottish ferry operator that runs passenger and vehicle services to numerous islands and remote coastal communities on Scotland’s west coast.
  • 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_69bd444426bc819099ccd23f141e22aa completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd784b477c8190926daddb28a255af completed March 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec4c9a14881908a8bf2f73ebf56f7 completed March 21, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec562d0508190851b5a3307e9405b completed March 21, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec6478b848190bc09d7f6485681b4 completed March 21, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:42 p.m.