Triple

T317605
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iowa City, Iowa E7740 entity
Predicate transportInfrastructure P1777 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 218
U.S. Route 218 is a major north–south U.S. Highway in the Midwestern United States that runs through Iowa and Minnesota, connecting numerous cities and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
E203159 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: U.S. Route 218 | Statement: [Iowa City, Iowa, transportInfrastructure, U.S. Route 218]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 218
Context triple: [Iowa City, Iowa, transportInfrastructure, U.S. Route 218]
  • A. U.S. Route 9W
    U.S. Route 9W is a north–south United States highway running along the west side of the Hudson River through New York and New Jersey, serving numerous towns and historic sites.
  • B. U.S. Route 69
    U.S. Route 69 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Texas through several central states, connecting numerous cities and regional transportation networks.
  • C. U.S. Route 27
    U.S. Route 27 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Florida to Michigan, passing through several southeastern and midwestern states.
  • D. U.S. Route 275
    U.S. Route 275 is a north–south U.S. Highway in the central United States that runs through parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri, serving as a regional connector between rural communities and larger transportation corridors.
  • E. Wisconsin Highway 23
    Wisconsin Highway 23 is a major east–west state highway in Wisconsin that connects numerous communities across the central 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: U.S. Route 218
Triple: [Iowa City, Iowa, transportInfrastructure, U.S. Route 218]
Generated description
U.S. Route 218 is a major north–south U.S. Highway in the Midwestern United States that runs through Iowa and Minnesota, connecting numerous cities and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 218
Target entity description: U.S. Route 218 is a major north–south U.S. Highway in the Midwestern United States that runs through Iowa and Minnesota, connecting numerous cities and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • A. U.S. Route 9W
    U.S. Route 9W is a north–south United States highway running along the west side of the Hudson River through New York and New Jersey, serving numerous towns and historic sites.
  • B. U.S. Route 69
    U.S. Route 69 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Texas through several central states, connecting numerous cities and regional transportation networks.
  • C. U.S. Route 27
    U.S. Route 27 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Florida to Michigan, passing through several southeastern and midwestern states.
  • D. U.S. Route 275
    U.S. Route 275 is a north–south U.S. Highway in the central United States that runs through parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri, serving as a regional connector between rural communities and larger transportation corridors.
  • E. Wisconsin Highway 23
    Wisconsin Highway 23 is a major east–west state highway in Wisconsin that connects numerous communities across the central 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea67b7588190be394a56498758b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf2ffb088190a49686609d7de213 completed March 8, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adbff135188190908058a2e2d41a1e completed March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc0832cd881909702f380412702d5 completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.