Triple

T5223524
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grand Canal E117928 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object vaporetti
Vaporetti are Venice’s public water buses, motorized boats that serve as the main form of mass transit along the city’s canals.
 E503074 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: vaporetti | Statement: [Grand Canal, usedBy, vaporetti]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: vaporetti
Context triple: [Grand Canal, usedBy, vaporetti]
  • A. CityFerry
    CityFerry is a network of passenger ferry services operating on Brisbane’s river, providing public transport connections between key riverside locations.
  • B. Soflusa ferries
    Soflusa ferries are a public ferry service operating passenger routes across the Tagus River in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal.
  • C. Trolebús
    Trolebús is an electric trolleybus transit system serving Mexico City as part of its broader public transportation network.
  • D. Piave Lines
    Piave Lines is a military accommodation and training area within Catterick Garrison, one of the major British Army bases in North Yorkshire, England.
  • E. Messina–Villa San Giovanni ferry
    The Messina–Villa San Giovanni ferry is a major maritime transport service linking Sicily with mainland Italy across the Strait of Messina, carrying both passengers and vehicles.
  • 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: vaporetti
Triple: [Grand Canal, usedBy, vaporetti]
Generated description
Vaporetti are Venice’s public water buses, motorized boats that serve as the main form of mass transit along the city’s canals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: vaporetti
Target entity description: Vaporetti are Venice’s public water buses, motorized boats that serve as the main form of mass transit along the city’s canals.
  • A. CityFerry
    CityFerry is a network of passenger ferry services operating on Brisbane’s river, providing public transport connections between key riverside locations.
  • B. Soflusa ferries
    Soflusa ferries are a public ferry service operating passenger routes across the Tagus River in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal.
  • C. Trolebús
    Trolebús is an electric trolleybus transit system serving Mexico City as part of its broader public transportation network.
  • D. Piave Lines
    Piave Lines is a military accommodation and training area within Catterick Garrison, one of the major British Army bases in North Yorkshire, England.
  • E. Messina–Villa San Giovanni ferry
    The Messina–Villa San Giovanni ferry is a major maritime transport service linking Sicily with mainland Italy across the Strait of Messina, carrying both passengers and vehicles.
  • 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_69bd4465e03081909bfcfd7113062590 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7abba82881908c030ba55146b8ea completed March 20, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beeff852bc81908467a343c5ded404 completed March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef0761c208190bac06ff1f92c8224 completed March 21, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef14ca27c81909a5a44155c9ddaf9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:48 p.m.