Triple

T2038528
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject York County, Maine E44689 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object southwestern Maine
Southwestern Maine is a region of the U.S. state of Maine known for its coastal communities, tourism, and proximity to the New Hampshire border.
 E48893 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: southwestern Maine | Statement: [York County, Maine, locatedIn, southwestern Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southwestern Maine
Context triple: [York County, Maine, locatedIn, southwestern Maine]
  • A. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • B. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • C. Midcoast Maine
    Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
  • D. Southern Maine
    Southern Maine is the coastal and largely rural southern portion of the U.S. state of Maine, encompassing its most populous cities and economic centers.
  • E. Northern Maine
    Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
  • 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: southwestern Maine
Triple: [York County, Maine, locatedIn, southwestern Maine]
Generated description
Southwestern Maine is a region of the U.S. state of Maine known for its coastal communities, tourism, and proximity to the New Hampshire border.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southwestern Maine
Target entity description: Southwestern Maine is a region of the U.S. state of Maine known for its coastal communities, tourism, and proximity to the New Hampshire border.
  • A. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • B. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • C. Midcoast Maine
    Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
  • D. Southern Maine chosen
    Southern Maine is the coastal and largely rural southern portion of the U.S. state of Maine, encompassing its most populous cities and economic centers.
  • E. Northern Maine
    Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb951870481909dbdd8fc8b0c02fe completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1ff63de081908795a95c998dd9ac completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20a6ce14819098007416d6377f2e completed March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae2130ba448190b91f590a348ebf88 completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.