Triple

T3922255
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Polk County, Iowa E93187 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Elkhart, Iowa
Elkhart, Iowa is a small rural city in central Iowa that functions largely as a residential community within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
E405685 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: Elkhart, Iowa | Statement: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Elkhart, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elkhart, Iowa
Context triple: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Elkhart, Iowa]
  • A. Hancock, Iowa
    Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
  • B. Hartford, Iowa
    Hartford, Iowa is a small city in south-central Iowa that forms part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
  • C. Elkader, Iowa
    Elkader, Iowa is a small historic city in Clayton County known for its scenic location along the Turkey River and its unique namesake honoring Algerian leader Emir Abdelkader.
  • D. Indianola, Iowa
    Indianola, Iowa is a small city in central Iowa known for hosting the National Balloon Classic and for being home to Simpson College.
  • E. Harlan, Iowa
    Harlan, Iowa is a small city in western Iowa that serves as the county seat of Shelby County and a local hub for the surrounding rural communities.
  • 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: Elkhart, Iowa
Triple: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Elkhart, Iowa]
Generated description
Elkhart, Iowa is a small rural city in central Iowa that functions largely as a residential community within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elkhart, Iowa
Target entity description: Elkhart, Iowa is a small rural city in central Iowa that functions largely as a residential community within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
  • A. Hancock, Iowa
    Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
  • B. Hartford, Iowa
    Hartford, Iowa is a small city in south-central Iowa that forms part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
  • C. Elkader, Iowa
    Elkader, Iowa is a small historic city in Clayton County known for its scenic location along the Turkey River and its unique namesake honoring Algerian leader Emir Abdelkader.
  • D. Indianola, Iowa
    Indianola, Iowa is a small city in central Iowa known for hosting the National Balloon Classic and for being home to Simpson College.
  • E. Harlan, Iowa
    Harlan, Iowa is a small city in western Iowa that serves as the county seat of Shelby County and a local hub for the surrounding rural communities.
  • 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_69b54c37594081909a3699bbd4863555 completed March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d06c7c881908b30ba813c009d25 completed March 14, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54d739e588190b23c06b10b4f540e completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.