Triple

T3393660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minnesota River E71476 entity
Predicate flowsThrough P225 FINISHED
Object southern Minnesota
Southern Minnesota is a largely agricultural and rural region of the state characterized by fertile plains, small towns, and the Minnesota River valley.
 E354893 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: southern Minnesota | Statement: [Minnesota River, flowsThrough, southern Minnesota]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southern Minnesota
Context triple: [Minnesota River, flowsThrough, southern Minnesota]
  • A. Southeastern Minnesota
    Southeastern Minnesota is a region of Minnesota known for its rolling blufflands, agricultural landscapes, and the regional hub city of Rochester.
  • B. Northern Minnesota
    Northern Minnesota is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its lakes, outdoor recreation, and long, cold winters.
  • C. Lake of the Woods region
    The Lake of the Woods region is a scenic area in northwestern Ontario and neighboring U.S. states, known for its vast freshwater lake, outdoor recreation, and cottage and fishing tourism.
  • D. Minnesota and Wisconsin
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are two neighboring U.S. states in the Upper Midwest, known for their abundant lakes, forests, and shared border along the upper Mississippi River.
  • E. northern Iowa
    Northern Iowa is the upper portion of the U.S. state of Iowa, characterized by its rural landscapes, small towns, and agricultural economy near the Minnesota border.
  • 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: southern Minnesota
Triple: [Minnesota River, flowsThrough, southern Minnesota]
Generated description
Southern Minnesota is a largely agricultural and rural region of the state characterized by fertile plains, small towns, and the Minnesota River valley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: southern Minnesota
Target entity description: Southern Minnesota is a largely agricultural and rural region of the state characterized by fertile plains, small towns, and the Minnesota River valley.
  • A. Southeastern Minnesota
    Southeastern Minnesota is a region of Minnesota known for its rolling blufflands, agricultural landscapes, and the regional hub city of Rochester.
  • B. Northern Minnesota
    Northern Minnesota is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its lakes, outdoor recreation, and long, cold winters.
  • C. Lake of the Woods region
    The Lake of the Woods region is a scenic area in northwestern Ontario and neighboring U.S. states, known for its vast freshwater lake, outdoor recreation, and cottage and fishing tourism.
  • D. Minnesota and Wisconsin
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are two neighboring U.S. states in the Upper Midwest, known for their abundant lakes, forests, and shared border along the upper Mississippi River.
  • E. northern Iowa
    Northern Iowa is the upper portion of the U.S. state of Iowa, characterized by its rural landscapes, small towns, and agricultural economy near the Minnesota border.
  • 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_69ad85a9c4a88190a854019341cb3b60 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb853746c8190bfa1447e6ebbefb3 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b34bc8a75c8190ab4f652272d33576 completed March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b34e46b2b48190aedee8dabf5285bd completed March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b34fc0b830819082b50ebd14b6490b completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.