Triple

T639089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mattapan Trolley E16691 entity
Predicate shortName P43 FINISHED
Object Mattapan Line
The Mattapan Line is a light rail trolley service in Boston, Massachusetts, operating as part of the MBTA's Red Line system between Ashmont and Mattapan.
E140142 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: Mattapan Line | Statement: [Mattapan Trolley, shortName, Mattapan Line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattapan Line
Context triple: [Mattapan Trolley, shortName, Mattapan Line]
  • A. MBTA Green Line E branch
    The MBTA Green Line E branch is a light rail line in Boston that runs from downtown through the Back Bay and Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street, serving major hospitals, universities, and residential neighborhoods.
  • B. MBTA Ashmont Branch
    The MBTA Ashmont Branch is a rapid transit line of Boston’s Red Line that runs from JFK/UMass station through Dorchester to Ashmont, serving several southern neighborhoods of the city.
  • C. MBTA Green Line D branch
    The MBTA Green Line D branch is a light rail line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs between downtown Boston and several western suburbs, including Newton and Riverside.
  • D. MBTA Blue Line
    The MBTA Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs primarily along the city’s northeastern corridor, connecting downtown Boston with East Boston, Logan Airport, and Revere.
  • E. MBTA Orange Line
    The MBTA Orange Line is a rapid transit line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs roughly north–south, connecting neighborhoods such as Jamaica Plain, Downtown Boston, and Malden.
  • 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: Mattapan Line
Triple: [Mattapan Trolley, shortName, Mattapan Line]
Generated description
The Mattapan Line is a light rail trolley service in Boston, Massachusetts, operating as part of the MBTA's Red Line system between Ashmont and Mattapan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mattapan Line
Target entity description: The Mattapan Line is a light rail trolley service in Boston, Massachusetts, operating as part of the MBTA's Red Line system between Ashmont and Mattapan.
  • A. MBTA Green Line E branch
    The MBTA Green Line E branch is a light rail line in Boston that runs from downtown through the Back Bay and Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street, serving major hospitals, universities, and residential neighborhoods.
  • B. MBTA Ashmont Branch
    The MBTA Ashmont Branch is a rapid transit line of Boston’s Red Line that runs from JFK/UMass station through Dorchester to Ashmont, serving several southern neighborhoods of the city.
  • C. MBTA Green Line D branch
    The MBTA Green Line D branch is a light rail line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs between downtown Boston and several western suburbs, including Newton and Riverside.
  • D. MBTA Blue Line
    The MBTA Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs primarily along the city’s northeastern corridor, connecting downtown Boston with East Boston, Logan Airport, and Revere.
  • E. MBTA Orange Line
    The MBTA Orange Line is a rapid transit line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs roughly north–south, connecting neighborhoods such as Jamaica Plain, Downtown Boston, and Malden.
  • 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49f00260081909d1a679182e23d10 completed March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac82e8bd788190a20a580bae9bd94e completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac870e762881909b8fb892a1f0c338 completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8761ff0481908eeabcc1b10d7492 completed March 7, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.