Triple

T8242128

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route	`E192561`	entity
Predicate	operatedBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT The Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT is the New York City government agency unit responsible for operating and managing the Staten Island Ferry passenger service between Staten Island and Manhattan.	`E721624`	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: Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT | Statement: [Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route, operatedBy, Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT
Context triple: [Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route, operatedBy, Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT]

A. NYC Ferry
NYC Ferry is a public ferry system in New York City that provides commuter and recreational boat service across several routes connecting waterfront neighborhoods in the five boroughs.
B. Staten Island Ferry terminals
Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
C. NY Waterway ferry
The NY Waterway ferry is a privately operated commuter and passenger ferry service that connects New Jersey communities, including Jersey City, with Manhattan across the Hudson River.
D. New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating most of New York City's subway and bus system as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
E. Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority is a public agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responsible for managing and overseeing Staten Island’s railway transit services.
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: Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT
Triple: [Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route, operatedBy, Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT]

Generated description

The Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT is the New York City government agency unit responsible for operating and managing the Staten Island Ferry passenger service between Staten Island and Manhattan.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT
Target entity description: The Staten Island Ferry Division of NYC DOT is the New York City government agency unit responsible for operating and managing the Staten Island Ferry passenger service between Staten Island and Manhattan.

A. NYC Ferry
NYC Ferry is a public ferry system in New York City that provides commuter and recreational boat service across several routes connecting waterfront neighborhoods in the five boroughs.
B. Staten Island Ferry terminals
Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
C. NY Waterway ferry
The NY Waterway ferry is a privately operated commuter and passenger ferry service that connects New Jersey communities, including Jersey City, with Manhattan across the Hudson River.
D. New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating most of New York City's subway and bus system as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
E. Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority is a public agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responsible for managing and overseeing Staten Island’s railway transit services.
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_69ca82dc8f148190a2c75a98501a7b91`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cb783f67708190a4e1c4078c3a6fb0`	completed	March 31, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cd351871ac81909f8e4a72a6b99ac3`	completed	April 1, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cd37a5d3bc8190801b1b0f09eee462`	completed	April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cd4edfda788190a29f5d9a7a61f6ed`	completed	April 1, 2026, 4:59 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.