Triple

T574027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois E13723 entity
Predicate hasMajorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois is a central Illinois town best known as the home of Illinois State University and for its role in the Bloomington–Normal twin-city area.
E97229 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: Normal, Illinois | Statement: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Normal, Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Normal, Illinois
Context triple: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Normal, Illinois]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Niles, Illinois
    Niles, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential character and landmarks like its Leaning Tower replica.
  • C. Burbank, Illinois
    Burbank, Illinois is a suburban city southwest of Chicago known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to Midway International Airport.
  • D. Lansing, Illinois
    Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
  • E. Springfield, Illinois
    Springfield, Illinois is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois, best known as the longtime home and final resting place of Abraham Lincoln.
  • 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: Normal, Illinois
Triple: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Normal, Illinois]
Generated description
Normal, Illinois is a central Illinois town best known as the home of Illinois State University and for its role in the Bloomington–Normal twin-city area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Normal, Illinois
Target entity description: Normal, Illinois is a central Illinois town best known as the home of Illinois State University and for its role in the Bloomington–Normal twin-city area.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Niles, Illinois
    Niles, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential character and landmarks like its Leaning Tower replica.
  • C. Burbank, Illinois
    Burbank, Illinois is a suburban city southwest of Chicago known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to Midway International Airport.
  • D. Lansing, Illinois
    Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
  • E. Springfield, Illinois
    Springfield, Illinois is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois, best known as the longtime home and final resting place of Abraham Lincoln.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b4ae0988190bdd0ad428b784d85 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d6571588190b1f328e7b10b627c completed March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a78ce2d3608190af4f38768b6ef95e completed March 4, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a78d84ccd08190aaa86a0adbd993a0 completed March 4, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.