Triple

T536539
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aroostook County, Maine E12339 entity
Predicate hasCountySeat P383 FINISHED
Object Houlton, Maine
Houlton, Maine is a small town in northern Maine known as a regional service center near the Canadian border and the gateway to Aroostook County.
E209078 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: Houlton, Maine | Statement: [Aroostook County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Houlton, Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houlton, Maine
Context triple: [Aroostook County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Houlton, Maine]
  • A. Harrison, Maine
    Harrison, Maine is a small town in western Maine known for its lakeside setting and recreational opportunities in Oxford County.
  • B. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • C. Holden, Maine
    Holden, Maine is a small New England town located near Bangor in eastern Maine, known for its rural character and scenic, wooded landscape.
  • D. Skowhegan, Maine
    Skowhegan, Maine is a small town in central Maine known as the seat of Somerset County and for its historic downtown along the Kennebec River.
  • E. Bingham, Maine
    Bingham, Maine is a small rural town in central Maine known for its outdoor recreation opportunities along the Kennebec River.
  • 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: Houlton, Maine
Triple: [Aroostook County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Houlton, Maine]
Generated description
Houlton, Maine is a small town in northern Maine known as a regional service center near the Canadian border and the gateway to Aroostook County.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houlton, Maine
Target entity description: Houlton, Maine is a small town in northern Maine known as a regional service center near the Canadian border and the gateway to Aroostook County.
  • A. Harrison, Maine
    Harrison, Maine is a small town in western Maine known for its lakeside setting and recreational opportunities in Oxford County.
  • B. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • C. Holden, Maine
    Holden, Maine is a small New England town located near Bangor in eastern Maine, known for its rural character and scenic, wooded landscape.
  • D. Skowhegan, Maine
    Skowhegan, Maine is a small town in central Maine known as the seat of Somerset County and for its historic downtown along the Kennebec River.
  • E. Bingham, Maine
    Bingham, Maine is a small rural town in central Maine known for its outdoor recreation opportunities along the Kennebec River.
  • 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_69a4933208e88190891f5debab1b776d completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a496da8e108190b4874c3b85290464 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf067d4081909a21fd70831eb01c completed March 8, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69addf781eac8190b0196f0c4a530a2e completed March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69addff539408190ac1591e573b8c12b completed March 8, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.