Triple

T123339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area E2492 entity
Predicate hasCity P316 FINISHED
Object Calera, Alabama
Calera, Alabama is a rapidly growing small city in central Alabama known for its location along major transportation routes and its inclusion in the greater Birmingham metropolitan region.
 E23083 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: Calera, Alabama | Statement: [Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area, hasCity, Calera, Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Calera, Alabama
Context triple: [Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area, hasCity, Calera, Alabama]
  • A. Gardendale, Alabama
    Gardendale, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson County that serves as a residential community just north of Birmingham.
  • B. Helena, Alabama
    Helena, Alabama is a suburban city in central Alabama known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, strong schools, and proximity to Birmingham.
  • C. Hoover, Alabama
    Hoover, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson and Shelby counties known for its large shopping centers, residential communities, and role as a major suburb of Birmingham.
  • D. Fairfield, Alabama
    Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
  • E. Alabaster, Alabama
    Alabaster, Alabama is a rapidly growing suburban city in central Alabama known for its residential communities, schools, and retail centers just south of Birmingham.
  • 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: Calera, Alabama
Triple: [Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area, hasCity, Calera, Alabama]
Generated description
Calera, Alabama is a rapidly growing small city in central Alabama known for its location along major transportation routes and its inclusion in the greater Birmingham metropolitan region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Calera, Alabama
Target entity description: Calera, Alabama is a rapidly growing small city in central Alabama known for its location along major transportation routes and its inclusion in the greater Birmingham metropolitan region.
  • A. Gardendale, Alabama
    Gardendale, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson County that serves as a residential community just north of Birmingham.
  • B. Helena, Alabama
    Helena, Alabama is a suburban city in central Alabama known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, strong schools, and proximity to Birmingham.
  • C. Hoover, Alabama
    Hoover, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson and Shelby counties known for its large shopping centers, residential communities, and role as a major suburb of Birmingham.
  • D. Fairfield, Alabama
    Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
  • E. Alabaster, Alabama
    Alabaster, Alabama is a rapidly growing suburban city in central Alabama known for its residential communities, schools, and retail centers just south of Birmingham.
  • 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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2573b4e7481909ee09d2899f8a74b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2fa794c808190acf50a7eb90a012a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2fae7ddac81909c3c41a2965ce637 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2fb7569908190a054bb840007a5b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.