Triple
T20758840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Route 138 (Massachusetts) |
E510917
|
entity |
| Predicate | serves |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Boston metropolitan area |
E54
|
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: Boston metropolitan area | Statement: [Route 138 (Massachusetts), serves, Boston metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston metropolitan area Context triple: [Route 138 (Massachusetts), serves, Boston metropolitan area]
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A.
Greater Boston
chosen
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region centered on the city of Boston, Massachusetts, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and towns and serving as a major hub for education, technology, and culture in New England.
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B.
Lowell metropolitan area
The Lowell metropolitan area is a region in northeastern Massachusetts centered on the city of Lowell, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and serving as a residential, commercial, and industrial hub within the Greater Boston area.
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C.
Portland metropolitan area
The Portland metropolitan area is a major urban region in the Pacific Northwest of the United States centered on the city of Portland and spanning multiple counties in Oregon and Washington.
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D.
Portland metropolitan area
The Portland metropolitan area is the region centered around Portland, Maine, encompassing surrounding cities and towns in southern Maine as a unified economic and population hub.
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E.
Watertown metropolitan area
The Watertown metropolitan area is a small metropolitan region in northern New York State centered on the city of Watertown and surrounding communities near the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
- 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_69e0b4c909ec8190b05987f1639513f6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2464fb08190b6b141ca12d9f3f4 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08e84cc14c8190a3a90116a657af27 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:35 p.m.