Triple
T7141413
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Red Line Northwest Extension corridor |
E166449
|
entity |
| Predicate | railSystem |
P522
|
FINISHED |
| Object | MBTA subway |
E2866
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: MBTA subway | Statement: [Red Line Northwest Extension corridor, railSystem, MBTA subway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MBTA subway Context triple: [Red Line Northwest Extension corridor, railSystem, MBTA subway]
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A.
MBTA
chosen
The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is the public transit agency that operates subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry services in the Greater Boston area.
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B.
MBTA
MBTA is a landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1918 that protects migratory bird species by prohibiting their unauthorized capture, killing, or trade.
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C.
MBTA rapid transit zone
The MBTA rapid transit zone is the fare and service area designation used by Boston’s subway and light rail system to organize routes, stops, and pricing within the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority network.
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D.
Boston subway
The Boston subway, officially known as the MBTA or "the T," is one of the oldest public transit systems in the United States, serving the Greater Boston area with an extensive network of underground and surface rail lines.
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E.
MBTA Red Line
The MBTA Red Line is a major rapid transit line in the Boston metropolitan area that runs through key communities including Cambridge, connecting them to downtown Boston and other parts of the region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6888579d481909e05a8d6b81bf733 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e778875c8190a5202d3efe5a842d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7d36cc4048190b4ce8beb4c4f7957 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:45 p.m.