Triple

T126178
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Postal Service E2555 entity
Predicate serviceArea P82 FINISHED
Object United States territories
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
E30797 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: United States territories | Statement: [United States Postal Service, serviceArea, United States territories]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States territories
Context triple: [United States Postal Service, serviceArea, United States territories]
  • A. U.S. Pacific territories
    U.S. Pacific territories are a group of American island jurisdictions in the Pacific Ocean, such as Guam and American Samoa, that extend U.S. political, military, and maritime presence across the region.
  • B. U.S. Caribbean territories
    The U.S. Caribbean territories are American island jurisdictions in the Caribbean Sea, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that extend U.S. political, economic, and maritime presence into the region.
  • C. U.S. Virgin Islands
    The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
  • D. American Samoa
    American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. island territory in the South Pacific Ocean known for its Polynesian culture, strategic location, and rugged volcanic landscapes.
  • E. Northern Mariana Islands
    The Northern Mariana Islands is a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean and known for its Micronesian culture and strategic military significance.
  • 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: United States territories
Triple: [United States Postal Service, serviceArea, United States territories]
Generated description
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States territories
Target entity description: United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • A. U.S. Pacific territories
    U.S. Pacific territories are a group of American island jurisdictions in the Pacific Ocean, such as Guam and American Samoa, that extend U.S. political, military, and maritime presence across the region.
  • B. U.S. Caribbean territories
    The U.S. Caribbean territories are American island jurisdictions in the Caribbean Sea, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, that extend U.S. political, economic, and maritime presence into the region.
  • C. U.S. Virgin Islands
    The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
  • D. American Samoa
    American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. island territory in the South Pacific Ocean known for its Polynesian culture, strategic location, and rugged volcanic landscapes.
  • E. Northern Mariana Islands
    The Northern Mariana Islands is a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean and known for its Micronesian culture and strategic military significance.
  • 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_69a25760af348190bf402089c240887d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3672af4fc8190a99265c93181be5d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a367aa62f481908414358a21667187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3686970ac81908ba7efe90feb26fd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.