Triple

T25270
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject West Branch, Iowa E504 entity
Predicate locatedNear P294 FINISHED
Object Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa is a mid-sized Midwestern city best known as the home of the University of Iowa and a UNESCO City of Literature.
E7740 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: Iowa City, Iowa | Statement: [West Branch, Iowa, locatedNear, Iowa City, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa City, Iowa
Context triple: [West Branch, Iowa, locatedNear, Iowa City, Iowa]
  • A. Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
    Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
  • B. Pella, Iowa
    Pella, Iowa is a small Midwestern city renowned for its strong Dutch heritage, traditional architecture, and annual tulip festival.
  • C. Delano
    Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
  • D. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • E. Corvallis, Oregon
    Corvallis, Oregon is a small city in western Oregon known as a college town, serving as the home of Oregon State University and a hub for education, research, and outdoor recreation.
  • 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: Iowa City, Iowa
Triple: [West Branch, Iowa, locatedNear, Iowa City, Iowa]
Generated description
Iowa City, Iowa is a mid-sized Midwestern city best known as the home of the University of Iowa and a UNESCO City of Literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa City, Iowa
Target entity description: Iowa City, Iowa is a mid-sized Midwestern city best known as the home of the University of Iowa and a UNESCO City of Literature.
  • A. Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
    Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
  • B. Pella, Iowa
    Pella, Iowa is a small Midwestern city renowned for its strong Dutch heritage, traditional architecture, and annual tulip festival.
  • C. Delano
    Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
  • D. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • E. Corvallis, Oregon
    Corvallis, Oregon is a small city in western Oregon known as a college town, serving as the home of Oregon State University and a hub for education, research, and outdoor recreation.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2466d166881908bd8513c8d09fe8d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2623969188190814f662922953e39 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2630ebfb08190a75f93b74424005b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2636c35e48190b4e6260a95f55799 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.