Triple
T16535190
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butler County, Iowa |
E401672
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Aplington, Iowa
Aplington, Iowa is a small rural city in north-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
|
E1222451
|
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: Aplington, Iowa | Statement: [Butler County, Iowa, hasCity, Aplington, Iowa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aplington, Iowa Context triple: [Butler County, Iowa, hasCity, Aplington, Iowa]
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A.
Plainfield, Iowa
Plainfield, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within the Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area.
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B.
Bloomfield, Iowa
Bloomfield, Iowa is a small city in Davis County known for its historic town square and role as a local agricultural and commercial center in southeastern Iowa.
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C.
Mapleton, Iowa
Mapleton, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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D.
Wheatland, Iowa
Wheatland, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Clinton County.
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E.
Arlington, Iowa
Arlington, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- 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: Aplington, Iowa Triple: [Butler County, Iowa, hasCity, Aplington, Iowa]
Generated description
Aplington, Iowa is a small rural city in north-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aplington, Iowa Target entity description: Aplington, Iowa is a small rural city in north-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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A.
Plainfield, Iowa
Plainfield, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within the Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area.
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B.
Bloomfield, Iowa
Bloomfield, Iowa is a small city in Davis County known for its historic town square and role as a local agricultural and commercial center in southeastern Iowa.
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C.
Mapleton, Iowa
Mapleton, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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D.
Wheatland, Iowa
Wheatland, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location within Clinton County.
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E.
Arlington, Iowa
Arlington, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- 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_69d88384bc30819084229e7dcdc39a41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e345574d88819094548367bf983078 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00758d82748190acfb8bbc3047d5a5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00762ce9a881908b41b610c3f14780 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a007728680c819082a3bd7e84edb2b0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.