Triple

T320416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oxford County, Maine E6401 entity
Predicate hasRegion P285 FINISHED
Object western Maine
Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
 E41374 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: western Maine | Statement: [Oxford County, Maine, hasRegion, western Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: western Maine
Context triple: [Oxford County, Maine, hasRegion, western Maine]
  • A. New England
    New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
  • B. Maine
    Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
  • C. Rumford, Maine
    Rumford, Maine is a small mill town in western Maine known for its paper industry heritage and proximity to outdoor recreation in the surrounding mountains and rivers.
  • D. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • E. Skowhegan, Maine
    Skowhegan, Maine is a small town in central Maine known as the seat of Somerset County and for its historic downtown along the Kennebec River.
  • 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: western Maine
Triple: [Oxford County, Maine, hasRegion, western Maine]
Generated description
Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: western Maine
Target entity description: Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • A. New England
    New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
  • B. Maine
    Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
  • C. Rumford, Maine
    Rumford, Maine is a small mill town in western Maine known for its paper industry heritage and proximity to outdoor recreation in the surrounding mountains and rivers.
  • D. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • E. Skowhegan, Maine
    Skowhegan, Maine is a small town in central Maine known as the seat of Somerset County and for its historic downtown along the Kennebec River.
  • 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_69a2e7933d6c8190bb2592ad13286ef2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea8047c08190872c875e00f6e7dd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3cb006f348190b2e8901eb2ced9f3 completed March 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3cb608d5481908e43e0c0d021f925 completed March 1, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3cc0fb7b48190bf002516d07b6bc5 completed March 1, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.