Triple

T520
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ted Nelson E10 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States is a major Midwestern metropolis known for its influential architecture, cultural institutions, and role as a historic center of industry and commerce.
 E108 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: Chicago, Illinois, United States | Statement: [Ted Nelson, placeOfBirth, Chicago, Illinois, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [Ted Nelson, placeOfBirth, Chicago, Illinois, United States]
  • A. Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
  • B. New York City
    New York City is the largest city in the United States, a global center of finance, culture, media, and technology.
  • C. Everett, Massachusetts, United States
    Everett, Massachusetts, United States, is a small industrial city just north of Boston known historically for its manufacturing base and as the birthplace of influential engineer and science administrator Vannevar Bush.
  • D. Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Cambridge, Massachusetts is a historic and academically renowned city just outside Boston, best known for being home to world-leading universities and research institutions.
  • E. California, United States
    California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
  • 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: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Triple: [Ted Nelson, placeOfBirth, Chicago, Illinois, United States]
Generated description
Chicago, Illinois, United States is a major Midwestern metropolis known for its influential architecture, cultural institutions, and role as a historic center of industry and commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: Chicago, Illinois, United States is a major Midwestern metropolis known for its influential architecture, cultural institutions, and role as a historic center of industry and commerce.
  • A. Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
  • B. New York City
    New York City is the largest city in the United States, a global center of finance, culture, media, and technology.
  • C. Everett, Massachusetts, United States
    Everett, Massachusetts, United States, is a small industrial city just north of Boston known historically for its manufacturing base and as the birthplace of influential engineer and science administrator Vannevar Bush.
  • D. Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Cambridge, Massachusetts is a historic and academically renowned city just outside Boston, best known for being home to world-leading universities and research institutions.
  • E. California, United States
    California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
  • 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_69a22735e1b081908bd0457057dcf086 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a22919c9988190aa35ab58627ff950 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a23296d6a881908dbf9acacf9fb94f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a23385a92c81909dc72e5193d32d36 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a234b8f2648190881fdeb4a864617f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:24 p.m.