Triple

T3180779
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anniston, Alabama E66579 entity
Predicate near P350 FINISHED
Object Oxford, Alabama
Oxford, Alabama is a small city in northeastern Alabama known for its proximity to Anniston and its location along the I-20 corridor between Birmingham and Atlanta.
 E333187 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: Oxford, Alabama | Statement: [Anniston, Alabama, near, Oxford, Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oxford, Alabama
Context triple: [Anniston, Alabama, near, Oxford, Alabama]
  • A. Athens, Alabama
    Athens, Alabama is a small city in northern Alabama known as the hometown of the Grammy-winning rock band Alabama Shakes.
  • B. Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a city in western Alabama known as the home of the University of Alabama and a regional center for education, healthcare, and industry.
  • C. Fairfield, Alabama
    Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
  • D. Montevallo, Alabama
    Montevallo, Alabama is a small city in central Alabama best known as the home of the University of Montevallo, the state's only public liberal arts university.
  • E. Steele, Alabama
    Steele, Alabama is a small town in northeastern Alabama known for its rural character and location within St. Clair County.
  • 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: Oxford, Alabama
Triple: [Anniston, Alabama, near, Oxford, Alabama]
Generated description
Oxford, Alabama is a small city in northeastern Alabama known for its proximity to Anniston and its location along the I-20 corridor between Birmingham and Atlanta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oxford, Alabama
Target entity description: Oxford, Alabama is a small city in northeastern Alabama known for its proximity to Anniston and its location along the I-20 corridor between Birmingham and Atlanta.
  • A. Athens, Alabama
    Athens, Alabama is a small city in northern Alabama known as the hometown of the Grammy-winning rock band Alabama Shakes.
  • B. Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a city in western Alabama known as the home of the University of Alabama and a regional center for education, healthcare, and industry.
  • C. Fairfield, Alabama
    Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
  • D. Montevallo, Alabama
    Montevallo, Alabama is a small city in central Alabama best known as the home of the University of Montevallo, the state's only public liberal arts university.
  • E. Steele, Alabama
    Steele, Alabama is a small town in northeastern Alabama known for its rural character and location within St. Clair County.
  • 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_69ad8586a34c8190944c63ec11a8de1a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada6a1280c8190b59a2afd30312c02 completed March 8, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b235fd1688819080fa1d73d2b233ba completed March 12, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b236e61ae88190a76b942c6cddff41 completed March 12, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b23770ed4c8190b5d929cc95a286a0 completed March 12, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.