Triple

T3640956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Springfield metropolitan area E77185 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Petersburg, Illinois
Petersburg, Illinois is a small historic city in central Illinois best known as the county seat of Menard County and its proximity to New Salem State Historic Site, where Abraham Lincoln once lived.
E527632 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: Petersburg, Illinois | Statement: [Springfield metropolitan area, contains, Petersburg, Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersburg, Illinois
Context triple: [Springfield metropolitan area, contains, Petersburg, Illinois]
  • A. Pontiac, Illinois
    Pontiac, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known for its historic Route 66 attractions, museums, and preserved downtown architecture.
  • B. Roanoke, Illinois
    Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
  • C. El Paso, Illinois
    El Paso, Illinois is a small Midwestern city in Woodford County known historically as a railroad town and part of the Peoria metropolitan area.
  • D. Pawnee, Illinois
    Pawnee, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois known as a rural residential community within the Springfield metropolitan area.
  • E. Utica, Illinois
    Utica, Illinois is a small village in north-central Illinois known as the gateway to Starved Rock State Park, a popular natural and recreational destination.
  • 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: Petersburg, Illinois
Triple: [Springfield metropolitan area, contains, Petersburg, Illinois]
Generated description
Petersburg, Illinois is a small historic city in central Illinois best known as the county seat of Menard County and its proximity to New Salem State Historic Site, where Abraham Lincoln once lived.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersburg, Illinois
Target entity description: Petersburg, Illinois is a small historic city in central Illinois best known as the county seat of Menard County and its proximity to New Salem State Historic Site, where Abraham Lincoln once lived.
  • A. Pontiac, Illinois
    Pontiac, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known for its historic Route 66 attractions, museums, and preserved downtown architecture.
  • B. Roanoke, Illinois
    Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
  • C. El Paso, Illinois
    El Paso, Illinois is a small Midwestern city in Woodford County known historically as a railroad town and part of the Peoria metropolitan area.
  • D. Pawnee, Illinois
    Pawnee, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois known as a rural residential community within the Springfield metropolitan area.
  • E. Utica, Illinois
    Utica, Illinois is a small village in north-central Illinois known as the gateway to Starved Rock State Park, a popular natural and recreational destination.
  • 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_69ad85dd0be48190b738990cb20c4731 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc357c3308190bd8801d68244a53e completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bff4a84e5881908df112c3a405bbde completed March 22, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bff5460aa08190847827e7482b9936 completed March 22, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bff59931b88190afd6c28f10cb037b completed March 22, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.