Triple

T16367
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward O. Wilson E326 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
 E635 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: Birmingham, Alabama, United States | Statement: [Edward O. Wilson, birthPlace, Birmingham, Alabama, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Context triple: [Edward O. Wilson, birthPlace, Birmingham, Alabama, United States]
  • A. Manchester
    Manchester is a major city in northwest England known for its industrial heritage, vibrant cultural scene, and influential contributions to music, sport, and science.
  • B. Kansas City, Missouri, United States
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States, is a major Midwestern city known for its jazz heritage, distinctive barbecue cuisine, and significant role in American political history.
  • C. Warm Springs, Georgia, United States
    Warm Springs, Georgia, United States is a small town historically known as a therapeutic retreat and the place where President Franklin D. Roosevelt frequently stayed and ultimately died.
  • D. Dallas, Texas
    Dallas, Texas is a major metropolitan city in northern Texas known for its role as a commercial and cultural hub, particularly in finance, technology, and telecommunications.
  • E. Portland, Oregon, United States
    Portland, Oregon, United States is a major Pacific Northwest city known for its vibrant arts scene, progressive culture, and lush natural surroundings.
  • 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: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Triple: [Edward O. Wilson, birthPlace, Birmingham, Alabama, United States]
Generated description
Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Target entity description: Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
  • A. Manchester
    Manchester is a major city in northwest England known for its industrial heritage, vibrant cultural scene, and influential contributions to music, sport, and science.
  • B. Kansas City, Missouri, United States
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States, is a major Midwestern city known for its jazz heritage, distinctive barbecue cuisine, and significant role in American political history.
  • C. Warm Springs, Georgia, United States
    Warm Springs, Georgia, United States is a small town historically known as a therapeutic retreat and the place where President Franklin D. Roosevelt frequently stayed and ultimately died.
  • D. Dallas, Texas
    Dallas, Texas is a major metropolitan city in northern Texas known for its role as a commercial and cultural hub, particularly in finance, technology, and telecommunications.
  • E. Portland, Oregon, United States
    Portland, Oregon, United States is a major Pacific Northwest city known for its vibrant arts scene, progressive culture, and lush natural surroundings.
  • 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24003aca48190b98c2df43d65e496 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a243ca1c908190a50e20627e1b9a1e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a24667687481908fdf2588b57ceadc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a247312efc81908e6a6b75c520795d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.