Triple

T8480725
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Washington State Ferries E200508 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division
The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division is the governmental agency responsible for managing and operating the Washington State Ferries system, the largest ferry network in the United States.
E746450 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: Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division | Statement: [Washington State Ferries, operatedBy, Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division
Context triple: [Washington State Ferries, operatedBy, Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division]
  • A. BC Ferry Authority
    The BC Ferry Authority is a provincial governance body in British Columbia responsible for overseeing and regulating the operations of the BC Ferries coastal transportation system.
  • B. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • C. Puget Sound Navigation Company
    Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
  • D. Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
    Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
  • E. Mukilteo–Clinton ferry
    The Mukilteo–Clinton ferry is a Washington State Ferries route that carries vehicles and passengers across Possession Sound between Mukilteo on the mainland and Clinton on Whidbey Island.
  • 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: Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division
Triple: [Washington State Ferries, operatedBy, Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division]
Generated description
The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division is the governmental agency responsible for managing and operating the Washington State Ferries system, the largest ferry network in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division
Target entity description: The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division is the governmental agency responsible for managing and operating the Washington State Ferries system, the largest ferry network in the United States.
  • A. BC Ferry Authority
    The BC Ferry Authority is a provincial governance body in British Columbia responsible for overseeing and regulating the operations of the BC Ferries coastal transportation system.
  • B. Washington State Ferries
    Washington State Ferries is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating a network of passenger and vehicle routes across the waterways of Washington State.
  • C. Puget Sound Navigation Company
    Puget Sound Navigation Company was a private ferry operator that ran passenger and vehicle services on Puget Sound and nearby waters before its routes were taken over by Washington State Ferries.
  • D. Port Imperial Ferry Corporation
    Port Imperial Ferry Corporation is a private company that operates the NY Waterway commuter ferry services across the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City.
  • E. Mukilteo–Clinton ferry
    The Mukilteo–Clinton ferry is a Washington State Ferries route that carries vehicles and passengers across Possession Sound between Mukilteo on the mainland and Clinton on Whidbey Island.
  • 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_69ca831b17988190a1f3f3413d57b820 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe5245034819088c7c5c40170c020 completed March 31, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebb5dbfc08190827e8e886a37a8be completed April 2, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebcdb197881908eeb6c5e4b225a2c completed April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cebd85ad8481909518afd02dbc5358 completed April 2, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:12 p.m.