Triple

T14495939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject La Salle, Illinois E359499 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object north-central Illinois
North-central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois characterized by mid-sized industrial and agricultural communities situated between the Chicago metropolitan area and the state’s western and central rural areas.
E1105236 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: north-central Illinois | Statement: [La Salle, Illinois, locatedIn, north-central Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: north-central Illinois
Context triple: [La Salle, Illinois, locatedIn, north-central Illinois]
  • A. northwestern Illinois
    Northwestern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that encompasses areas along the Mississippi River and includes cities such as Rock Island and the surrounding Quad Cities metropolitan area.
  • B. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • C. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • D. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • E. eastern Illinois
    Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
  • 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: north-central Illinois
Triple: [La Salle, Illinois, locatedIn, north-central Illinois]
Generated description
North-central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois characterized by mid-sized industrial and agricultural communities situated between the Chicago metropolitan area and the state’s western and central rural areas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: north-central Illinois
Target entity description: North-central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois characterized by mid-sized industrial and agricultural communities situated between the Chicago metropolitan area and the state’s western and central rural areas.
  • A. northwestern Illinois
    Northwestern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that encompasses areas along the Mississippi River and includes cities such as Rock Island and the surrounding Quad Cities metropolitan area.
  • B. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • C. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • D. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • E. eastern Illinois
    Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
  • 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_69d8279740308190af9df93a3af8592e completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de93109cb081909a6e846db23a4635 completed April 14, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd7a404cfc819098a5d6359475a712 completed May 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd7d64693c8190abed1fd546f91326 completed May 8, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd7e34ae188190a0dd5e05341c64c6 completed May 8, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.