Triple

T8807875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maine Department of Environmental Protection E209578 entity
Predicate shortName P43 FINISHED
Object DEP
DEP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency responsible for protecting Maine’s natural resources and enforcing environmental laws.
 E759445 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: DEP | Statement: [Maine Department of Environmental Protection, shortName, DEP]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DEP
Context triple: [Maine Department of Environmental Protection, shortName, DEP]
  • A. DEA
    DEA is an abbreviation commonly used for the Department of Economic Affairs, a government body responsible for formulating and implementing economic policy.
  • B. DEA
    DEA is an early U.S. government–standardized symmetric-key block cipher algorithm that was widely used for data encryption before being superseded by more secure standards.
  • C. EPA
    EPA is the ICAO airline designator assigned to Eastern Provincial Airways, a former Canadian regional carrier.
  • D. TDEC
    TDEC is the state agency responsible for protecting Tennessee’s environment and managing its natural resources, parks, and conservation programs.
  • E. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
    The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is the state agency responsible for protecting Delaware’s natural resources and environment through regulation, conservation, and environmental management programs.
  • 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: DEP
Triple: [Maine Department of Environmental Protection, shortName, DEP]
Generated description
DEP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency responsible for protecting Maine’s natural resources and enforcing environmental laws.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DEP
Target entity description: DEP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency responsible for protecting Maine’s natural resources and enforcing environmental laws.
  • A. DEA
    DEA is an abbreviation commonly used for the Department of Economic Affairs, a government body responsible for formulating and implementing economic policy.
  • B. DEA
    DEA is an early U.S. government–standardized symmetric-key block cipher algorithm that was widely used for data encryption before being superseded by more secure standards.
  • C. EPA
    EPA is the ICAO airline designator assigned to Eastern Provincial Airways, a former Canadian regional carrier.
  • D. TDEC
    TDEC is the state agency responsible for protecting Tennessee’s environment and managing its natural resources, parks, and conservation programs.
  • E. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
    The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is the state agency responsible for protecting Delaware’s natural resources and environment through regulation, conservation, and environmental management programs.
  • 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_69ca8363f3308190a47e3f1ebd51f613 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fd2fadc81908b27e9296885af2b completed March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6fa0e4308190bd01c2d107c8c02d completed April 3, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf718a6f2c81908f8b8d08a1437749 completed April 3, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf7275fea08190b8999fb30663ff17 completed April 3, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:45 p.m.