Triple

T22275649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Highways in Alabama E550594 entity
Predicate hasRoute P4374 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 278 in Alabama
U.S. Route 278 in Alabama is an east–west U.S. Highway that traverses northern Alabama, connecting rural communities and regional cities as part of the broader U.S. Highway System.
 E1531628 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: U.S. Route 278 in Alabama | Statement: [U.S. Highways in Alabama, hasRoute, U.S. Route 278 in Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: U.S. Route 278 in Alabama
Context triple: [U.S. Highways in Alabama, hasRoute, U.S. Route 278 in Alabama]
  • A. U.S. Route 78 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 78 in Alabama is a major east–west federal highway corridor that connects Birmingham with the Georgia state line, serving as an important route for regional travel and commerce.
  • B. U.S. Route 72 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 72 in Alabama is a major east–west federal highway that traverses the northern part of the state, connecting cities such as Florence, Huntsville, and Scottsboro before continuing into neighboring states.
  • C. U.S. Route 29 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 29 in Alabama is a major north–south U.S. Highway that traverses the state, connecting numerous towns and cities as part of a longer multi-state route.
  • D. U.S. Route 98 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 98 in Alabama is a major east–west U.S. Highway that traverses the southern part of the state, connecting coastal and inland communities and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • E. U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina
    U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina is an east–west federal highway that traverses the state, connecting inland communities with the coastal Lowcountry and serving as a key route to destinations such as Hilton Head 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: U.S. Route 278 in Alabama
Triple: [U.S. Highways in Alabama, hasRoute, U.S. Route 278 in Alabama]
Generated description
U.S. Route 278 in Alabama is an east–west U.S. Highway that traverses northern Alabama, connecting rural communities and regional cities as part of the broader U.S. Highway System.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: U.S. Route 278 in Alabama
Target entity description: U.S. Route 278 in Alabama is an east–west U.S. Highway that traverses northern Alabama, connecting rural communities and regional cities as part of the broader U.S. Highway System.
  • A. U.S. Route 78 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 78 in Alabama is a major east–west federal highway corridor that connects Birmingham with the Georgia state line, serving as an important route for regional travel and commerce.
  • B. U.S. Route 72 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 72 in Alabama is a major east–west federal highway that traverses the northern part of the state, connecting cities such as Florence, Huntsville, and Scottsboro before continuing into neighboring states.
  • C. U.S. Route 29 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 29 in Alabama is a major north–south U.S. Highway that traverses the state, connecting numerous towns and cities as part of a longer multi-state route.
  • D. U.S. Route 98 in Alabama
    U.S. Route 98 in Alabama is a major east–west U.S. Highway that traverses the southern part of the state, connecting coastal and inland communities and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • E. U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina
    U.S. Route 278 in South Carolina is an east–west federal highway that traverses the state, connecting inland communities with the coastal Lowcountry and serving as a key route to destinations such as Hilton Head 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_69e11e43d8208190aff4f9cf7f2c2a8a completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f14ea7ebbc8190948e8994e988adb3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ad50e647c8190af7cb4fd7cd6aabd completed May 18, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ad991a1e48190ad240a20694223fc completed May 18, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ada2a61b881908a636b2d1d6e4509 completed May 18, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:40 p.m.