Triple

T23262734
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NICE Bus E582055 entity
Predicate hasOperator P179 FINISHED
Object Transdev North America
Transdev North America is a major private public-transportation operator that manages and operates bus, rail, and paratransit services for transit agencies across the United States and Canada.
 E1580429 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: Transdev North America | Statement: [NICE Bus, hasOperator, Transdev North America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Transdev North America
Context triple: [NICE Bus, hasOperator, Transdev North America]
  • A. Transdev Australasia
    Transdev Australasia is a major public transport operator in Australia and New Zealand, running services such as buses, trains, light rail, and ferries across multiple cities.
  • B. Transdev Rouen
    Transdev Rouen is the local public transport company responsible for operating Rouen’s urban transit network, including its tramway system.
  • C. Transdev (NICE operator)
    Transdev (NICE operator) is the private transportation company contracted to operate and manage the Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus system in Nassau County, New York.
  • D. Transdev (historical and significant shareholding)
    Transdev is a major international public transport operator, historically backed by significant shareholding from Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.
  • E. Go-Ahead Group
    Go-Ahead Group is a major British public transport operator that runs bus and rail services in the UK and internationally.
  • 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: Transdev North America
Triple: [NICE Bus, hasOperator, Transdev North America]
Generated description
Transdev North America is a major private public-transportation operator that manages and operates bus, rail, and paratransit services for transit agencies across the United States and Canada.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Transdev North America
Target entity description: Transdev North America is a major private public-transportation operator that manages and operates bus, rail, and paratransit services for transit agencies across the United States and Canada.
  • A. Transdev Australasia
    Transdev Australasia is a major public transport operator in Australia and New Zealand, running services such as buses, trains, light rail, and ferries across multiple cities.
  • B. Transdev Rouen
    Transdev Rouen is the local public transport company responsible for operating Rouen’s urban transit network, including its tramway system.
  • C. Transdev (NICE operator)
    Transdev (NICE operator) is the private transportation company contracted to operate and manage the Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus system in Nassau County, New York.
  • D. Transdev (historical and significant shareholding)
    Transdev is a major international public transport operator, historically backed by significant shareholding from Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.
  • E. Go-Ahead Group
    Go-Ahead Group is a major British public transport operator that runs bus and rail services in the UK and internationally.
  • 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_69e246079f58819085eaa9c260906880 completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f194caaf208190931923744692180d completed April 29, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4c849fa081908c7224b5537c8f32 completed May 19, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4e7c53d0819096e33379351a3c8f completed May 19, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4f26ab808190a7c1b5b73954ef0f completed May 19, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:11 p.m.