Triple
T388803
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ernest Merritt |
E8836
|
entity |
| Predicate | workLocation |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ithaca, New York |
E1105
|
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: Ithaca, New York | Statement: [Ernest Merritt, workLocation, Ithaca, New York]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ithaca, New York Context triple: [Ernest Merritt, workLocation, Ithaca, New York]
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A.
Ithaca, New York, United States
chosen
Ithaca, New York, United States is a small city in the Finger Lakes region best known as the home of Cornell University and a historic center of academic and scientific research.
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B.
Ithaca metropolitan area
The Ithaca metropolitan area is a small metropolitan region in central New York State centered on the city of Ithaca and home to institutions like Cornell University and Ithaca College.
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C.
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York is a small city in upstate New York known as a former manufacturing hub and home to Binghamton University, located near the Pennsylvania border in the state's Southern Tier.
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D.
Utica, New York
Utica, New York is a small city in central New York State known historically as an industrial and transportation hub and today for its cultural diversity and role in the Mohawk Valley region.
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E.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie, New York is a historic city in the Hudson Valley that serves as the county seat of Dutchess County and a regional center for education, culture, and transportation.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec5988708190aa86d9460cecf050 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac89e9da1481908837afa843a14510 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.