Triple
T123342
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area |
E2492
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCounty |
P285
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shelby County, Alabama |
E11285
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Shelby County, Alabama | Statement: [Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area, hasCounty, Shelby County, Alabama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelby County, Alabama Context triple: [Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area, hasCounty, Shelby County, Alabama]
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A.
Shelby County, Alabama
chosen
Shelby County, Alabama is a suburban county in central Alabama, known for its fast-growing communities just south of Birmingham and a mix of residential, commercial, and natural areas.
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B.
Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County, Alabama is an urban county in north-central Alabama that includes Birmingham, the state’s largest city and a major industrial and economic center.
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C.
Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee is a populous county in southwestern Tennessee that includes the city of Memphis and serves as a major economic and cultural hub of the region.
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D.
Lawrence County
Lawrence County is a county in western Pennsylvania that forms part of the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan region.
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E.
Butler County
Butler County is a county in western Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, known for its mix of suburban communities, rural landscapes, and growing industrial and service sectors.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a30cc33a10819087668612b65e1eb5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.