Triple

T17527522
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quincy micropolitan area E426837 entity
Predicate crossesStateBorder P13760 FINISHED
Object Illinois–Missouri state line
The Illinois–Missouri state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, largely following the course of the Mississippi River.
 E1273489 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: Illinois–Missouri state line | Statement: [Quincy micropolitan area, crossesStateBorder, Illinois–Missouri state line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois–Missouri state line
Context triple: [Quincy micropolitan area, crossesStateBorder, Illinois–Missouri state line]
  • A. Illinois–Indiana state line
    The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
  • B. Missouri–Kansas state line
    The Missouri–Kansas state line is the boundary separating the states of Missouri and Kansas, notably running through the Kansas City metropolitan area and dividing it between the two states.
  • C. Iowa–Illinois state line
    The Iowa–Illinois state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois, running largely along the Mississippi River and defining part of the border between the Midwest states.
  • D. Illinois–Wisconsin border
    The Illinois–Wisconsin border is the state line separating Illinois and Wisconsin in the Midwestern United States, running east–west from Lake Michigan across rural and suburban landscapes.
  • E. Missouri–Iowa border
    The Missouri–Iowa border is the state line in the Midwestern United States separating Missouri and Iowa, running largely east–west near the 40th parallel north.
  • 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: Illinois–Missouri state line
Triple: [Quincy micropolitan area, crossesStateBorder, Illinois–Missouri state line]
Generated description
The Illinois–Missouri state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, largely following the course of the Mississippi River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois–Missouri state line
Target entity description: The Illinois–Missouri state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, largely following the course of the Mississippi River.
  • A. Illinois–Indiana state line
    The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
  • B. Missouri–Kansas state line
    The Missouri–Kansas state line is the boundary separating the states of Missouri and Kansas, notably running through the Kansas City metropolitan area and dividing it between the two states.
  • C. Iowa–Illinois state line
    The Iowa–Illinois state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois, running largely along the Mississippi River and defining part of the border between the Midwest states.
  • D. Illinois–Wisconsin border
    The Illinois–Wisconsin border is the state line separating Illinois and Wisconsin in the Midwestern United States, running east–west from Lake Michigan across rural and suburban landscapes.
  • E. Missouri–Iowa border
    The Missouri–Iowa border is the state line in the Midwestern United States separating Missouri and Iowa, running largely east–west near the 40th parallel north.
  • 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e452d7523c819099278507e4a718d4 completed April 19, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c9494c28819086d10adb536ffed8 completed May 11, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01ca2927f081908856b2d206776e44 completed May 11, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01caa5d0c8819085dea57b00c498e0 completed May 11, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.