Triple

T3922248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Polk County, Iowa E93187 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Johnston, Iowa
Johnston, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for being the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and home to several major employers and residential communities.
E408050 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: Johnston, Iowa | Statement: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Johnston, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnston, Iowa
Context triple: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Johnston, Iowa]
  • A. Jesup, Iowa
    Jesup, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and location spanning Black Hawk and Buchanan counties.
  • B. McClelland, Iowa
    McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
  • C. Lowden, Iowa
    Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • D. Mineola, Iowa
    Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
  • E. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • 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: Johnston, Iowa
Triple: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Johnston, Iowa]
Generated description
Johnston, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for being the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and home to several major employers and residential communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnston, Iowa
Target entity description: Johnston, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for being the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and home to several major employers and residential communities.
  • A. Jesup, Iowa
    Jesup, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and location spanning Black Hawk and Buchanan counties.
  • B. McClelland, Iowa
    McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
  • C. Lowden, Iowa
    Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • D. Mineola, Iowa
    Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
  • E. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • 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_69aed96bfa1081908f7b30f2c647dee6 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed7a553c81909b65f8287293ecac completed March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b55614ffa48190b15a1c2ec20638f2 completed March 14, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556dd4c4c819082c08f0278f174a3 completed March 14, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b557e929088190878c9af98207f64a completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.