Triple

T412254
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bob Woodward E9514 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Geneva, Illinois, United States
Geneva, Illinois, United States is a suburban city along the Fox River in the Chicago metropolitan area, known for its historic downtown and as the birthplace of journalist Bob Woodward.
E52061 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: Geneva, Illinois, United States | Statement: [Bob Woodward, placeOfBirth, Geneva, Illinois, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geneva, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [Bob Woodward, placeOfBirth, Geneva, Illinois, United States]
  • A. Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston, Illinois is a suburban city directly north of Chicago, known for being the home of Northwestern University and its vibrant, diverse community along Lake Michigan.
  • B. Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora, Illinois is a major city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, diverse population, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
  • C. Wilmette, Illinois
    Wilmette, Illinois is a suburban village on the North Shore of the Chicago metropolitan area, known for its affluent residential character, lakefront location, and highly rated public schools.
  • D. Skokie, Illinois
    Skokie, Illinois is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its diverse population, significant Jewish community, and historic role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case.
  • E. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • 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: Geneva, Illinois, United States
Triple: [Bob Woodward, placeOfBirth, Geneva, Illinois, United States]
Generated description
Geneva, Illinois, United States is a suburban city along the Fox River in the Chicago metropolitan area, known for its historic downtown and as the birthplace of journalist Bob Woodward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geneva, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: Geneva, Illinois, United States is a suburban city along the Fox River in the Chicago metropolitan area, known for its historic downtown and as the birthplace of journalist Bob Woodward.
  • A. Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston, Illinois is a suburban city directly north of Chicago, known for being the home of Northwestern University and its vibrant, diverse community along Lake Michigan.
  • B. Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora, Illinois is a major city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, diverse population, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
  • C. Wilmette, Illinois
    Wilmette, Illinois is a suburban village on the North Shore of the Chicago metropolitan area, known for its affluent residential character, lakefront location, and highly rated public schools.
  • D. Skokie, Illinois
    Skokie, Illinois is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its diverse population, significant Jewish community, and historic role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case.
  • E. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • 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_69a2e80111fc8190961d5b7c6154123f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ecdafa2481908111accc918ff2e8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a41b4b71ec8190a6fda4dc4e4fc3ac completed March 1, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a41b7ee8488190a5246a7451850278 completed March 1, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a41bef673081908099a23700c0d419 completed March 1, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.