Triple

T5173620
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wellington Region E116741 entity
Predicate hasRailOperator P5620 FINISHED
Object Metlink
Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
E499434 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: Metlink | Statement: [Wellington Region, hasRailOperator, Metlink]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metlink
Context triple: [Wellington Region, hasRailOperator, Metlink]
  • A. TransLink
    TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
  • B. TransLink
    TransLink is the regional transportation authority that plans, manages, and operates public transit and related transportation services across Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • C. Silverlink Metro
    Silverlink Metro was a former suburban rail network in London and surrounding areas that operated under the Silverlink franchise until its services were absorbed into the London Overground.
  • D. Metro Busway
    Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
  • E. MRT Grey Line
    The MRT Grey Line is a planned rapid transit route within the MRT subway network designed to expand urban rail connectivity along its corridor.
  • 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: Metlink
Triple: [Wellington Region, hasRailOperator, Metlink]
Generated description
Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metlink
Target entity description: Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
  • A. TransLink
    TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
  • B. TransLink
    TransLink is the regional transportation authority that plans, manages, and operates public transit and related transportation services across Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • C. Silverlink Metro
    Silverlink Metro was a former suburban rail network in London and surrounding areas that operated under the Silverlink franchise until its services were absorbed into the London Overground.
  • D. Metro Busway
    Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
  • E. MRT Grey Line
    The MRT Grey Line is a planned rapid transit route within the MRT subway network designed to expand urban rail connectivity along its corridor.
  • 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_69bd445ff97c81909a2615cc56235470 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd796f7c308190a721e33aabd499ac completed March 20, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bed94a6ed08190b035afa20123c737 completed March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed9d6e1288190be0d8d83233eb3c2 completed March 21, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beda5d39b88190a7314f673de2719d completed March 21, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.