Triple

T1036451
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kendall County, Illinois E22373 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the Chicago metropolitan area and surrounding counties in the northern part of the state.
 E36469 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: Northern Illinois | Statement: [Kendall County, Illinois, partOf, Northern Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Northern Illinois
Context triple: [Kendall County, Illinois, partOf, Northern Illinois]
  • A. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. Northern Illinois University
    Northern Illinois University is a public research university located in DeKalb, Illinois, known for its diverse academic programs and role as a major educational institution in the state.
  • D. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • E. Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
    The Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, known for housing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and serving as an educational, technological, and agricultural hub.
  • 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: Northern Illinois
Triple: [Kendall County, Illinois, partOf, Northern Illinois]
Generated description
Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the Chicago metropolitan area and surrounding counties in the northern part of the state.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Northern Illinois
Target entity description: Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the Chicago metropolitan area and surrounding counties in the northern part of the state.
  • A. Northeastern Illinois chosen
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. Northern Illinois University
    Northern Illinois University is a public research university located in DeKalb, Illinois, known for its diverse academic programs and role as a major educational institution in the state.
  • D. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • E. Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
    The Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, known for housing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and serving as an educational, technological, and agricultural hub.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a493d848848190aed4011b34b2e8d3 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b82a1014819085bfc077e24c9742 completed March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59978cb4819098118b6348b8a55a completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5aad04f48190b04a57eeb9f83a18 completed March 7, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5b0ff7708190b8b69e06f11b83d7 completed March 7, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.