Triple

T3626167
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject La Crosse E76843 entity
Predicate locatedInMetropolitanArea P294 FINISHED
Object La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area
The La Crosse–Onalaska metropolitan area is a bi-state urban region centered on the cities of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Onalaska, encompassing surrounding communities along the upper Mississippi River.
 E374343 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: La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area | Statement: [La Crosse, locatedInMetropolitanArea, La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area
Context triple: [La Crosse, locatedInMetropolitanArea, La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area]
  • A. La Crosse
    La Crosse is a mid-sized city in western Wisconsin known for its location along the Mississippi River, historic downtown, and regional educational and healthcare institutions.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Sioux City metropolitan area
    The Sioux City metropolitan area is a multi-state urban region centered on Sioux City, Iowa, encompassing surrounding communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
  • E. Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    Eau Claire, Wisconsin is a small city in western Wisconsin known for its vibrant indie music scene and as the hometown of the band Bon Iver.
  • 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: La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area
Triple: [La Crosse, locatedInMetropolitanArea, La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area]
Generated description
The La Crosse–Onalaska metropolitan area is a bi-state urban region centered on the cities of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Onalaska, encompassing surrounding communities along the upper Mississippi River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: La Crosse-Onalaska metropolitan area
Target entity description: The La Crosse–Onalaska metropolitan area is a bi-state urban region centered on the cities of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Onalaska, encompassing surrounding communities along the upper Mississippi River.
  • A. La Crosse
    La Crosse is a mid-sized city in western Wisconsin known for its location along the Mississippi River, historic downtown, and regional educational and healthcare institutions.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Sioux City metropolitan area
    The Sioux City metropolitan area is a multi-state urban region centered on Sioux City, Iowa, encompassing surrounding communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
  • E. Eau Claire, Wisconsin
    Eau Claire, Wisconsin is a small city in western Wisconsin known for its vibrant indie music scene and as the hometown of the band Bon Iver.
  • 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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc2dc011c8190a6596f4b483fb078 completed March 8, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4332488d88190ac70846388b7ff13 completed March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4378c5f3c81908b88def235abed9c completed March 13, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4382148c48190b75ee46182f4d817 completed March 13, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.