Triple

T4828485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area E107883 entity
Predicate locatedInRegion P40 FINISHED
Object western Illinois
Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small cities, agricultural communities, and its location along the Mississippi River opposite southeastern Iowa.
E472778 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: western Illinois | Statement: [Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area, locatedInRegion, western Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: western Illinois
Context triple: [Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area, locatedInRegion, western Illinois]
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • C. Illiniza Norte
    Illiniza Norte is a prominent volcanic peak in the Ecuadorian Andes, popular with climbers for its relatively accessible yet challenging ascent and striking high-altitude scenery.
  • D. N.D. Ill.
    N.D. Ill. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a federal trial court based primarily in Chicago.
  • E. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • 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: western Illinois
Triple: [Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area, locatedInRegion, western Illinois]
Generated description
Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small cities, agricultural communities, and its location along the Mississippi River opposite southeastern Iowa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: western Illinois
Target entity description: Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small cities, agricultural communities, and its location along the Mississippi River opposite southeastern Iowa.
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • C. Illiniza Norte
    Illiniza Norte is a prominent volcanic peak in the Ecuadorian Andes, popular with climbers for its relatively accessible yet challenging ascent and striking high-altitude scenery.
  • D. N.D. Ill.
    N.D. Ill. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a federal trial court based primarily in Chicago.
  • E. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • 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_69bd43fac8188190803f0327190621e4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6cc3dc0481909c8884dbe5043a71 completed March 20, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4dd0bf7c8190a11065bb61def18e completed March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be4e764b60819097aace8e7321dc0c completed March 21, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4ef7c3e081909c74a573058810f0 completed March 21, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:24 p.m.