Triple
T1704415
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | National Road |
E36836
|
entity |
| Predicate | endPoint |
P390
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vandalia, Illinois
Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.
|
E217794
|
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: Vandalia, Illinois | Statement: [National Road, endPoint, Vandalia, Illinois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandalia, Illinois Context triple: [National Road, endPoint, Vandalia, Illinois]
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A.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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B.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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C.
Danville, Illinois
Danville, Illinois is a small industrial city in eastern Illinois known historically for manufacturing, coal mining, and as the hometown of several notable entertainers and athletes.
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D.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
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E.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
- 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: Vandalia, Illinois Triple: [National Road, endPoint, Vandalia, Illinois]
Generated description
Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandalia, Illinois Target entity description: Vandalia, Illinois is a historic city that served as an early state capital and a key western terminus of 19th-century transportation routes in Illinois.
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A.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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B.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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C.
Danville, Illinois
Danville, Illinois is a small industrial city in eastern Illinois known historically for manufacturing, coal mining, and as the hometown of several notable entertainers and athletes.
-
D.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
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E.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
- 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_69a88617439c819094ffb5d16a0f6307 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa62f25bac8190977d6f3bd79363cb |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adf3b9a2f4819082ca2e9f838f7b9e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adf79bddf48190909bdcee31b55379 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adf8153e5881908acc441f68623890 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.