Triple

T12189350

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Interstate 380 (Iowa)	`E290420`	entity
Predicate	hasJunctionWith	`P1018`	FINISHED
Object	U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa is a major east–west highway segment in northeastern Iowa that serves the Waterloo–Cedar Falls area and connects with several key regional routes.	`E964758`	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 20 near Waterloo, Iowa | Statement: [Interstate 380 (Iowa), hasJunctionWith, U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa
Context triple: [Interstate 380 (Iowa), hasJunctionWith, U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa]

A. U.S. Route 20 near Rockwell City, Iowa
U.S. Route 20 near Rockwell City, Iowa is a major east–west federal highway segment in north-central Iowa that serves as an important regional connector for communities and intersecting state routes such as Iowa Highway 10.
B. U.S. Route 169 near Manson, Iowa
U.S. Route 169 near Manson, Iowa is a segment of the north–south U.S. Highway 169 corridor in north-central Iowa that serves the rural community of Manson and connects with several regional routes.
C. U.S. Route 59 in Iowa
U.S. Route 59 in Iowa is a north–south U.S. Highway running through western Iowa, connecting small towns and rural areas between the Missouri and Minnesota state lines.
D. U.S. Route 20 in Illinois
U.S. Route 20 in Illinois is a major east–west U.S. highway that traverses northern Illinois, connecting rural areas, suburbs, and cities as part of a cross-country route from the Midwest to the East Coast.
E. U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota
U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota is a major east–west U.S. Highway crossing northern Minnesota, connecting North Dakota to Wisconsin while serving key regional cities and transportation corridors.
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 20 near Waterloo, Iowa
Triple: [Interstate 380 (Iowa), hasJunctionWith, U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa]

Generated description

U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa is a major east–west highway segment in northeastern Iowa that serves the Waterloo–Cedar Falls area and connects with several key regional routes.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa
Target entity description: U.S. Route 20 near Waterloo, Iowa is a major east–west highway segment in northeastern Iowa that serves the Waterloo–Cedar Falls area and connects with several key regional routes.

A. U.S. Route 20 near Rockwell City, Iowa
U.S. Route 20 near Rockwell City, Iowa is a major east–west federal highway segment in north-central Iowa that serves as an important regional connector for communities and intersecting state routes such as Iowa Highway 10.
B. U.S. Route 169 near Manson, Iowa
U.S. Route 169 near Manson, Iowa is a segment of the north–south U.S. Highway 169 corridor in north-central Iowa that serves the rural community of Manson and connects with several regional routes.
C. U.S. Route 59 in Iowa
U.S. Route 59 in Iowa is a north–south U.S. Highway running through western Iowa, connecting small towns and rural areas between the Missouri and Minnesota state lines.
D. U.S. Route 20 in Illinois
U.S. Route 20 in Illinois is a major east–west U.S. highway that traverses northern Illinois, connecting rural areas, suburbs, and cities as part of a cross-country route from the Midwest to the East Coast.
E. U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota
U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota is a major east–west U.S. Highway crossing northern Minnesota, connecting North Dakota to Wisconsin while serving key regional cities and transportation corridors.
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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d91c5102848190ad652c3d6445f65a`	completed	April 10, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f5f6b240f88190af916054869c3b95`	completed	May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f5ff826ea08190a6780351e4b927ac`	completed	May 2, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f6018b4088819092b8b97089068fae`	completed	May 2, 2026, 1:52 p.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.