Triple
T490448
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nick Holonyak Jr. |
E9976
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Zeigler, Illinois, United States
Zeigler, Illinois, United States, is a small city in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of pioneering LED inventor Nick Holonyak Jr.
|
E61295
|
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: Zeigler, Illinois, United States | Statement: [Nick Holonyak Jr., placeOfBirth, Zeigler, Illinois, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zeigler, Illinois, United States Context triple: [Nick Holonyak Jr., placeOfBirth, Zeigler, Illinois, United States]
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A.
Cedarville, Illinois, United States
Cedarville, Illinois, United States is a small village best known as the birthplace of social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jane Addams.
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B.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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C.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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D.
Matteson, Illinois
Matteson, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities and retail centers.
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E.
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.
- 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: Zeigler, Illinois, United States Triple: [Nick Holonyak Jr., placeOfBirth, Zeigler, Illinois, United States]
Generated description
Zeigler, Illinois, United States, is a small city in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of pioneering LED inventor Nick Holonyak Jr.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zeigler, Illinois, United States Target entity description: Zeigler, Illinois, United States, is a small city in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of pioneering LED inventor Nick Holonyak Jr.
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A.
Cedarville, Illinois, United States
Cedarville, Illinois, United States is a small village best known as the birthplace of social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jane Addams.
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B.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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C.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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D.
Matteson, Illinois
Matteson, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities and retail centers.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f0e22a308190b04d12974fd08a38 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4777eab9c8190894b34e011190a54 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a477d94d3c819096d8bad88a5c8cb9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a478abe5c08190b7fff1ddd8d89449 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.