Triple
T512835
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Somerville, Massachusetts |
E10643
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Greater Boston |
E54
|
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: Greater Boston | Statement: [Somerville, Massachusetts, partOf, Greater Boston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greater Boston Context triple: [Somerville, Massachusetts, partOf, Greater Boston]
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A.
Greater Boston
chosen
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region centered on the city of Boston, Massachusetts, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and towns and serving as a major hub for education, technology, and culture in New England.
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B.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Merrimack Valley
Merrimack Valley is a region in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire centered around the Merrimack River, known for its historic mill cities and industrial heritage.
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D.
Medford, Massachusetts
Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.
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E.
Northeast megalopolis
The Northeast megalopolis is a densely populated urban corridor in the northeastern United States stretching roughly from Boston to Washington, D.C., encompassing major cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas.
- 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f1804e908190a1d34ac952e84a3f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4ab1bc2e48190b15d777af2a76a1a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.