Triple
T4702183
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | DeKalb County, Illinois |
E104299
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
city of DeKalb, Illinois
The city of DeKalb, Illinois, is a northern Illinois community best known as the home of Northern Illinois University and for its historical role in agricultural innovation.
|
E462810
|
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: city of DeKalb, Illinois | Statement: [DeKalb County, Illinois, contains, city of DeKalb, Illinois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: city of DeKalb, Illinois Context triple: [DeKalb County, Illinois, contains, city of DeKalb, Illinois]
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A.
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois is a mid-sized industrial and agricultural city in central Illinois known historically for manufacturing, agribusiness, and its location along Lake Decatur.
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B.
Metropolis, Illinois
Metropolis, Illinois is a small city along the Ohio River best known as the officially designated "Hometown of Superman," featuring related attractions and tourism.
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C.
Bellwood, Illinois
Bellwood, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County, west of Chicago, known as a residential community with convenient access to major highways and the broader Chicago metropolitan area.
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D.
Woodridge, Illinois
Woodridge, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities, parks, and location within DuPage County.
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E.
Yorkville, Illinois
Yorkville, Illinois is a small city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, Fox River recreation, and role as the county seat of Kendall County.
- 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: city of DeKalb, Illinois Triple: [DeKalb County, Illinois, contains, city of DeKalb, Illinois]
Generated description
The city of DeKalb, Illinois, is a northern Illinois community best known as the home of Northern Illinois University and for its historical role in agricultural innovation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: city of DeKalb, Illinois Target entity description: The city of DeKalb, Illinois, is a northern Illinois community best known as the home of Northern Illinois University and for its historical role in agricultural innovation.
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A.
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois is a mid-sized industrial and agricultural city in central Illinois known historically for manufacturing, agribusiness, and its location along Lake Decatur.
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B.
Metropolis, Illinois
Metropolis, Illinois is a small city along the Ohio River best known as the officially designated "Hometown of Superman," featuring related attractions and tourism.
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C.
Bellwood, Illinois
Bellwood, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County, west of Chicago, known as a residential community with convenient access to major highways and the broader Chicago metropolitan area.
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D.
Woodridge, Illinois
Woodridge, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities, parks, and location within DuPage County.
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E.
Yorkville, Illinois
Yorkville, Illinois is a small city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, Fox River recreation, and role as the county seat of Kendall County.
- 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63cec7988190b5f1d04d4f95314a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be03cd8cd4819081a7988b5945067f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be04c5549c819087204ac7e2e0e8ea |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05970dcc8190a86771d09f27d9f2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.