Triple

T17429050
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnston City, Illinois E423818 entity
Predicate locatedNear P294 FINISHED
Object Herrin, Illinois
Herrin, Illinois is a small city in Williamson County known historically for its coal mining roots and its role in the Southern Illinois region.
E1268740 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: Herrin, Illinois | Statement: [Johnston City, Illinois, locatedNear, Herrin, Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herrin, Illinois
Context triple: [Johnston City, Illinois, locatedNear, Herrin, Illinois]
  • A. Frankfort, Illinois
    Frankfort, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and family-oriented community.
  • 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.
  • C. Morrison, Illinois
    Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
  • D. Woodhull, Illinois
    Woodhull, Illinois is a small rural village in western Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
  • E. Kaskaskia, Illinois
    Kaskaskia, Illinois is a historic village on the Mississippi River that served as the first capital of Illinois and one of the earliest European settlements in the region.
  • 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: Herrin, Illinois
Triple: [Johnston City, Illinois, locatedNear, Herrin, Illinois]
Generated description
Herrin, Illinois is a small city in Williamson County known historically for its coal mining roots and its role in the Southern Illinois region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herrin, Illinois
Target entity description: Herrin, Illinois is a small city in Williamson County known historically for its coal mining roots and its role in the Southern Illinois region.
  • A. Frankfort, Illinois
    Frankfort, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and family-oriented community.
  • 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.
  • C. Morrison, Illinois
    Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
  • D. Woodhull, Illinois
    Woodhull, Illinois is a small rural village in western Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
  • E. Kaskaskia, Illinois
    Kaskaskia, Illinois is a historic village on the Mississippi River that served as the first capital of Illinois and one of the earliest European settlements in the region.
  • 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_69d889d88b6081908bada047f5b3ba51 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e448fe9e28819092a80f5686eb362f completed April 19, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01afed3cb0819081fac1f1e59434f4 completed May 11, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01b0b04bf48190813232c7be3d37e7 completed May 11, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01b1581cfc81908d724a8b324e698e completed May 11, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m.