Triple

T1416624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mississippi River E31932 entity
Predicate formsBorderBetween P224 FINISHED
Object Iowa and Illinois
Iowa and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared eastern and western boundaries, respectively, are largely defined by the Mississippi River.
 E179030 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: Iowa and Illinois | Statement: [Mississippi River, formsBorderBetween, Iowa and Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Iowa and Illinois
Context triple: [Mississippi River, formsBorderBetween, Iowa and Illinois]
  • A. Missouri and Illinois
    Missouri and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
  • B. Iowa
    Iowa is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its extensive agriculture, especially corn and soybean production, and its role in national politics through the Iowa caucuses.
  • C. Illinois
    Illinois is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its major metropolis Chicago, diverse economy, and significant political and transportation influence.
  • D. Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest known for its dairy industry, Great Lakes shorelines, and mix of rural landscapes and industrial cities.
  • E. Indiana
    Indiana is a U.S. state known for its manufacturing base, rich agricultural land, and iconic events like the Indianapolis 500.
  • 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: Iowa and Illinois
Triple: [Mississippi River, formsBorderBetween, Iowa and Illinois]
Generated description
Iowa and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared eastern and western boundaries, respectively, are largely defined by the Mississippi River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Iowa and Illinois
Target entity description: Iowa and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared eastern and western boundaries, respectively, are largely defined by the Mississippi River.
  • A. Missouri and Illinois
    Missouri and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
  • B. Iowa
    Iowa is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its extensive agriculture, especially corn and soybean production, and its role in national politics through the Iowa caucuses.
  • C. Illinois
    Illinois is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its major metropolis Chicago, diverse economy, and significant political and transportation influence.
  • D. Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest known for its dairy industry, Great Lakes shorelines, and mix of rural landscapes and industrial cities.
  • E. Indiana
    Indiana is a U.S. state known for its manufacturing base, rich agricultural land, and iconic events like the Indianapolis 500.
  • 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c403ccdc8190b2a5fda037b6ea34 completed March 1, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad400e0a8c8190956ec444b86aa28c completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4124554c819080978ca73a2c1404 completed March 8, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad41968e4c8190b843b97e18ac9968 completed March 8, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.