Triple
T2965393
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Town of Littleton, Massachusetts |
E80148
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Greater Boston metropolitan area |
E54
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Greater Boston metropolitan area | Statement: [Town of Littleton, Massachusetts, partOf, Greater Boston metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greater Boston metropolitan area Context triple: [Town of Littleton, Massachusetts, partOf, Greater Boston metropolitan area]
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A.
Greater Boston
chosen
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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B.
Cape Cod metropolitan area
The Cape Cod metropolitan area is a coastal region in southeastern Massachusetts known for its beaches, tourism-driven economy, and collection of small towns and villages.
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C.
Northeast megalopolis
The Northeast megalopolis is a densely populated urban corridor in the northeastern United States stretching roughly from Boston to Washington, D.C., encompassing major cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas.
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D.
Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area
The Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area is a large multi-state U.S. population and economic region centered on the cities of Boston, Worcester, and Providence in New England.
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E.
Merrimack Valley
Merrimack Valley is a region in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire centered around the Merrimack River, known for its historic mill cities and industrial heritage.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad8b1341848190bd19dbf46892887d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad995a28e88190a4d6b9ef2c0d8e61 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1de9657648190a7f0309065f80728 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.