Triple

T21289167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burleigh County E524740 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Sterling, North Dakota
Sterling, North Dakota is a small unincorporated rural community located in Burleigh County in the central part of the state.
 E1479024 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: Sterling, North Dakota | Statement: [Burleigh County, contains, Sterling, North Dakota]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling, North Dakota
Context triple: [Burleigh County, contains, Sterling, North Dakota]
  • A. Hunter, North Dakota
    Hunter, North Dakota is a small rural city in Cass County known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • B. Dickinson, North Dakota
    Dickinson, North Dakota is a small city in the southwestern part of the state that serves as a regional hub for commerce, education, and access to nearby natural attractions in the Badlands.
  • C. Harwood, North Dakota
    Harwood, North Dakota is a small rural city in eastern North Dakota that functions largely as a bedroom community for the nearby Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
  • D. Springfield, North Dakota
    Springfield, North Dakota is a small, likely rural community in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
  • E. Durbin, North Dakota
    Durbin, North Dakota is a small unincorporated community located in Cass County in the eastern part of the state.
  • 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: Sterling, North Dakota
Triple: [Burleigh County, contains, Sterling, North Dakota]
Generated description
Sterling, North Dakota is a small unincorporated rural community located in Burleigh County in the central part of the state.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sterling, North Dakota
Target entity description: Sterling, North Dakota is a small unincorporated rural community located in Burleigh County in the central part of the state.
  • A. Hunter, North Dakota
    Hunter, North Dakota is a small rural city in Cass County known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • B. Dickinson, North Dakota
    Dickinson, North Dakota is a small city in the southwestern part of the state that serves as a regional hub for commerce, education, and access to nearby natural attractions in the Badlands.
  • C. Harwood, North Dakota
    Harwood, North Dakota is a small rural city in eastern North Dakota that functions largely as a bedroom community for the nearby Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
  • D. Springfield, North Dakota
    Springfield, North Dakota is a small, likely rural community in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
  • E. Durbin, North Dakota
    Durbin, North Dakota is a small unincorporated community located in Cass County in the eastern part of the state.
  • 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_69e0b5171f6c8190a5d57201ede73811 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e736d882408190a2300327cb73b7f6 completed April 21, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09a5b1b5e48190b94a1ee4b6ab0d8a completed May 17, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09a6848c1c8190992ae7cdfeabdcf8 completed May 17, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09aae23f2c81908f08d290277e22f9 completed May 17, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:03 p.m.