Triple
T140774
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert N. Noyce |
E2844
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Burlington, Iowa, United States
Burlington, Iowa, United States, is a small Mississippi River city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic riverfront, manufacturing heritage, and as the birthplace of Intel co-founder Robert N. Noyce.
|
E19609
|
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: Burlington, Iowa, United States | Statement: [Robert N. Noyce, placeOfBirth, Burlington, Iowa, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington, Iowa, United States Context triple: [Robert N. Noyce, placeOfBirth, Burlington, Iowa, United States]
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A.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
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B.
West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
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C.
Hull, Iowa
Hull, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and Dutch-American heritage.
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D.
Cresco, Iowa, United States
Cresco, Iowa, United States, is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize–winning agronomist Norman Borlaug.
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E.
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa is a mid-sized Midwestern city best known as the home of the University of Iowa and a UNESCO City of Literature.
- 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: Burlington, Iowa, United States Triple: [Robert N. Noyce, placeOfBirth, Burlington, Iowa, United States]
Generated description
Burlington, Iowa, United States, is a small Mississippi River city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic riverfront, manufacturing heritage, and as the birthplace of Intel co-founder Robert N. Noyce.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington, Iowa, United States Target entity description: Burlington, Iowa, United States, is a small Mississippi River city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic riverfront, manufacturing heritage, and as the birthplace of Intel co-founder Robert N. Noyce.
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A.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
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B.
West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
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C.
Hull, Iowa
Hull, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and Dutch-American heritage.
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D.
Cresco, Iowa, United States
Cresco, Iowa, United States, is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize–winning agronomist Norman Borlaug.
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E.
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa is a mid-sized Midwestern city best known as the home of the University of Iowa and a UNESCO City of Literature.
- 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a257c7e79c8190b3e5a2983035a972 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2d4c838908190ae67f4e58fd700b0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2d53067dc8190a184441df46426d6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2d598733c8190aba1dc04f737218f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.