Triple

T3550967
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quad Cities (Illinois portion) E75109 entity
Predicate formsCrossBorderRegionWith P31352 FINISHED
Object Quad Cities (Iowa portion)
Quad Cities (Iowa portion) refers to the group of cities in eastern Iowa—primarily Davenport and Bettendorf—that, together with neighboring Illinois cities, make up the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River.
E370903 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Quad Cities (Iowa portion) | Statement: [Quad Cities (Illinois portion), formsCrossBorderRegionWith, Quad Cities (Iowa portion)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quad Cities (Iowa portion)
Context triple: [Quad Cities (Illinois portion), formsCrossBorderRegionWith, Quad Cities (Iowa portion)]
  • A. Dubuque metropolitan area region
    The Dubuque metropolitan area region is a multi-county urban and rural region centered on the city of Dubuque in eastern Iowa, encompassing surrounding communities for economic, social, and planning purposes.
  • B. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • C. Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
    The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Cedar Rapids and its surrounding counties.
  • D. Iowa City metropolitan area
    The Iowa City metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Iowa City and its surrounding communities.
  • E. Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
    The Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in central Iowa centered on the state capital of Des Moines and its surrounding suburbs and counties.
  • 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: Quad Cities (Iowa portion)
Triple: [Quad Cities (Illinois portion), formsCrossBorderRegionWith, Quad Cities (Iowa portion)]
Generated description
Quad Cities (Iowa portion) refers to the group of cities in eastern Iowa—primarily Davenport and Bettendorf—that, together with neighboring Illinois cities, make up the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quad Cities (Iowa portion)
Target entity description: Quad Cities (Iowa portion) refers to the group of cities in eastern Iowa—primarily Davenport and Bettendorf—that, together with neighboring Illinois cities, make up the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River.
  • A. Dubuque metropolitan area region
    The Dubuque metropolitan area region is a multi-county urban and rural region centered on the city of Dubuque in eastern Iowa, encompassing surrounding communities for economic, social, and planning purposes.
  • B. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • C. Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
    The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Cedar Rapids and its surrounding counties.
  • D. Iowa City metropolitan area
    The Iowa City metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Iowa City and its surrounding communities.
  • E. Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
    The Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in central Iowa centered on the state capital of Des Moines and its surrounding suburbs and counties.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formsCrossBorderRegionWith
Context triple: [Quad Cities (Illinois portion), formsCrossBorderRegionWith, Quad Cities (Iowa portion)]
  • A. crossBorderRegion chosen
    Indicates a region that spans or intersects the boundary between two or more distinct territorial or jurisdictional areas.
  • B. hasBorderCrossing
    Indicates that there exists a point or facility where movement or transit is possible between the boundaries of two adjacent regions or jurisdictions.
  • C. hasBorderCrossingFunction
    Indicates that an entity serves as a location or facility where people, goods, or vehicles can legally cross a border between jurisdictions.
  • D. requiresCrossBorderElement
    Indicates that the relationship or action can only occur or be valid when it involves an element that crosses national or jurisdictional borders.
  • E. crossBorderFacilityConnectsTo
    Indicates that a cross-border facility provides a direct physical or operational connection between two locations or infrastructures across a border.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad85d33c6c819081d5ac1df13b5680 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbfd52f44819088e07139fe987e2a completed March 8, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b402dfb0688190a65b41c8dc13ee97 completed March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b403ebb5c0819098a48cfa9001c656 completed March 13, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4086ab034819086c5fa7d4b172d75 completed March 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adb83270ac819083967db0570167d2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.