Triple
T3530128
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Johnston McCulley |
E74638
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ottawa, Illinois, United States |
E326519
|
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: Ottawa, Illinois, United States | Statement: [Johnston McCulley, birthPlace, Ottawa, Illinois, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ottawa, Illinois, United States Context triple: [Johnston McCulley, birthPlace, Ottawa, Illinois, United States]
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A.
Ottawa, Illinois, United States
chosen
Ottawa, Illinois, United States, is a small city in northern Illinois known as the birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick and for its historic role in the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
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B.
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
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C.
Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States
Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to the city.
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D.
Urbana, Illinois, United States
Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
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E.
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
- 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_69ad85d1a3948190931fd1ea1f49717b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbc9764a881908aa8d25dc9adf59e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b37e97536881908d5ed3dfe602c9e0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.