Triple
T20642001
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts |
E507248
|
entity |
| Predicate | passesThrough |
P225
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lowell metropolitan area |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Lowell metropolitan area | Statement: [Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts, passesThrough, Lowell metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell metropolitan area Context triple: [Interstate 495 in Lowell, Massachusetts, passesThrough, Lowell metropolitan area]
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A.
Watertown metropolitan area
The Watertown metropolitan area is a small metropolitan region in northern New York State centered on the city of Watertown and surrounding communities near the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
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B.
Greater Boston
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region centered on the city of Boston, Massachusetts, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and towns and serving as a major hub for education, technology, and culture in New England.
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C.
Providence–Warwick metropolitan area
The Providence–Warwick metropolitan area is a major New England urban region centered on Providence, Rhode Island, and extending into surrounding communities in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.
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D.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts is a historic New England city known as a cradle of the American Industrial Revolution and a center of early textile manufacturing.
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E.
Salem metropolitan area
The Salem metropolitan area is a population and economic region in northwestern Oregon centered on the state capital city of Salem and its surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lowell metropolitan area Target entity description: The Lowell metropolitan area is a region in northeastern Massachusetts centered on the city of Lowell, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and serving as a residential, commercial, and industrial hub within the Greater Boston area.
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A.
Watertown metropolitan area
The Watertown metropolitan area is a small metropolitan region in northern New York State centered on the city of Watertown and surrounding communities near the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
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B.
Greater Boston
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region centered on the city of Boston, Massachusetts, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and towns and serving as a major hub for education, technology, and culture in New England.
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C.
Providence–Warwick metropolitan area
The Providence–Warwick metropolitan area is a major New England urban region centered on Providence, Rhode Island, and extending into surrounding communities in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.
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D.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts is a historic New England city known as a cradle of the American Industrial Revolution and a center of early textile manufacturing.
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E.
Salem metropolitan area
The Salem metropolitan area is a population and economic region in northwestern Oregon centered on the state capital city of Salem and its surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4be702c8190a3d2410a881d310a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6af1b9e888190b61edffea16487d7 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:43 a.m.