Triple
T3624610
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area |
E76806
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bloomington–Normal |
E76806
|
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: Bloomington–Normal | Statement: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, alsoKnownAs, Bloomington–Normal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bloomington–Normal Context triple: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, alsoKnownAs, Bloomington–Normal]
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A.
Bloomington
Bloomington is a major suburban city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, best known as the home of the Mall of America and a significant regional commercial and hospitality hub.
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B.
Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
chosen
The Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, known for Illinois State University, major insurance and corporate employers, and its role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
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C.
Bloomington, Illinois
Bloomington, Illinois is a central Illinois city known as a regional hub for education, insurance, and transportation, and for being home to Illinois State University (in adjacent Normal) and major corporate offices.
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D.
Urbana
Urbana is a city in central Illinois best known as one of the twin cities forming the home of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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E.
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana is a Midwestern college town best known as the home of Indiana University and a historic hub for the Indiana limestone industry.
- 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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc2d9845c8190ad65b2471000dfa0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e4dcd15c8190a763363adb7740c4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.