Triple
T20176657
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harlon Block |
E492117
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Yorktown, Texas, United States
Yorktown, Texas, United States is a small rural town in DeWitt County best known as the birthplace of Harlon Block, one of the U.S. Marines who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
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E1416655
|
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: Yorktown, Texas, United States | Statement: [Harlon Block, placeOfBirth, Yorktown, Texas, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yorktown, Texas, United States Context triple: [Harlon Block, placeOfBirth, Yorktown, Texas, United States]
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A.
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States is a small East Texas town best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
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B.
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, is a historic Hill Country town known for its German heritage, wineries, and as the birthplace of World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
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C.
Roanoke, Texas, United States
Roanoke, Texas, United States, is a small city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and vibrant restaurant scene.
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D.
Bonham, Texas, United States
Bonham is a small city in northeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Fannin County and is historically associated with longtime U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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E.
Mount Vernon, Texas
Mount Vernon, Texas is a small town in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
- 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: Yorktown, Texas, United States Triple: [Harlon Block, placeOfBirth, Yorktown, Texas, United States]
Generated description
Yorktown, Texas, United States is a small rural town in DeWitt County best known as the birthplace of Harlon Block, one of the U.S. Marines who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yorktown, Texas, United States Target entity description: Yorktown, Texas, United States is a small rural town in DeWitt County best known as the birthplace of Harlon Block, one of the U.S. Marines who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
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A.
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States is a small East Texas town best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
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B.
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, is a historic Hill Country town known for its German heritage, wineries, and as the birthplace of World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
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C.
Roanoke, Texas, United States
Roanoke, Texas, United States, is a small city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and vibrant restaurant scene.
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D.
Bonham, Texas, United States
Bonham is a small city in northeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Fannin County and is historically associated with longtime U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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E.
Mount Vernon, Texas
Mount Vernon, Texas is a small town in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
- 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_69da6266c6888190bc1a3ecf24814d34 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e668eb50a48190af7de53680ca2f5d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a083c77d38c8190929be133825ed8e7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a083d86085c8190a71d0dce65c659a4 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a083eb380f48190bda8549d122f830b |
completed | May 16, 2026, 9:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:36 p.m.