Triple
T4378339
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John White Alexander |
E99063
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area |
E19280
|
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: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area | Statement: [John White Alexander, placeOfBirth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area Context triple: [John White Alexander, placeOfBirth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania metropolitan area]
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A.
Pittsburgh region
The Pittsburgh region is a historically significant industrial area in western Pennsylvania, long known as a major center of steel production and manufacturing.
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B.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
chosen
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a major U.S. city in western Pennsylvania known for its historic steel industry, numerous bridges, and strong educational and technology sectors.
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C.
Metropolis of Pittsburgh
The Metropolis of Pittsburgh is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America overseeing Greek Orthodox parishes in parts of the northeastern United States.
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D.
Philadelphia metropolitan area
The Philadelphia metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban region centered on the city of Philadelphia, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and economic, cultural, and educational hubs.
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E.
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
The Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area is a northeastern Pennsylvania urban region centered around the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, known historically for coal mining and railroads and now a diversified economic and cultural hub.
- 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35240092c81908e26ff607d665e7a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b65f2db8908190ba0f5b5ba1a75bef |
completed | March 15, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.