Triple

T12779869
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Decatur County, Iowa E305477 entity
Predicate containsCommunity P8617 FINISHED
Object Van Wert, Iowa
Van Wert, Iowa is a small rural city located in Decatur County in the southern part of the state.
E1008714 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: Van Wert, Iowa | Statement: [Decatur County, Iowa, containsCommunity, Van Wert, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Wert, Iowa
Context triple: [Decatur County, Iowa, containsCommunity, Van Wert, Iowa]
  • A. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • B. Van Meter, Iowa
    Van Meter, Iowa is a small city in central Iowa best known as the hometown of Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller.
  • C. Wheatland, Iowa
    Wheatland, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Clinton County.
  • D. Nodaway, Iowa
    Nodaway, Iowa is a small rural city located in southwestern Iowa within Adams County.
  • E. Williamson, Iowa
    Williamson, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Lucas County in the south-central part of the state.
  • 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: Van Wert, Iowa
Triple: [Decatur County, Iowa, containsCommunity, Van Wert, Iowa]
Generated description
Van Wert, Iowa is a small rural city located in Decatur County in the southern part of the state.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Wert, Iowa
Target entity description: Van Wert, Iowa is a small rural city located in Decatur County in the southern part of the state.
  • A. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • B. Van Meter, Iowa
    Van Meter, Iowa is a small city in central Iowa best known as the hometown of Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller.
  • C. Wheatland, Iowa
    Wheatland, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Clinton County.
  • D. Nodaway, Iowa
    Nodaway, Iowa is a small rural city located in southwestern Iowa within Adams County.
  • E. Williamson, Iowa
    Williamson, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Lucas County in the south-central part of the state.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e5a5680819095dcd491486d23e7 completed April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a5427be88190956c616b832d9841 completed May 3, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a641d1988190b9af41c8c7ca599e completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a77ba20081908f72f46f64382fca completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.