Triple
T319643
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Dean Howells |
E7784
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Martins Ferry, Ohio |
E33825
|
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: Martins Ferry, Ohio | Statement: [William Dean Howells, placeOfBirth, Martins Ferry, Ohio]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martins Ferry, Ohio Context triple: [William Dean Howells, placeOfBirth, Martins Ferry, Ohio]
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A.
Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States
chosen
Martins Ferry is a small industrial city in eastern Ohio along the Ohio River, known as the birthplace of Basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek.
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B.
Youngstown
Youngstown is an industrial city in northeastern Ohio historically known for its steel production and central role in the Rust Belt’s economic rise and decline.
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C.
Miami Valley
The Miami Valley is a region in southwestern Ohio centered around the Great Miami River, encompassing cities such as Dayton and Springfield and known for its historical, industrial, and cultural significance.
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D.
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon.
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E.
Springfield, Ohio, United States
Springfield, Ohio, United States is a mid-sized city in southwestern Ohio known as the birthplace of musician John Legend and for its historical role in regional industry and transportation.
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea7edbc48190b9031bd1af48f72a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3d7e47f1c8190a4152dcb5c662514 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.