Triple

T574040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois E13723 entity
Predicate hasMajorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Carbondale, Illinois
Carbondale, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois best known as the home of Southern Illinois University and a regional hub for education and culture.
E110909 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: Carbondale, Illinois | Statement: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Carbondale, Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbondale, Illinois
Context triple: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Carbondale, Illinois]
  • A. Bloomington, Illinois
    Bloomington, Illinois is a central Illinois city known as a regional hub for education, insurance, and transportation, and for being home to Illinois State University (in adjacent Normal) and major corporate offices.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. Bartlett, Illinois
    Bartlett, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities, parks, and forest preserves.
  • E. Champaign, Illinois, United States
    Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
  • 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: Carbondale, Illinois
Triple: [Illinois, hasMajorCity, Carbondale, Illinois]
Generated description
Carbondale, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois best known as the home of Southern Illinois University and a regional hub for education and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbondale, Illinois
Target entity description: Carbondale, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois best known as the home of Southern Illinois University and a regional hub for education and culture.
  • A. Bloomington, Illinois
    Bloomington, Illinois is a central Illinois city known as a regional hub for education, insurance, and transportation, and for being home to Illinois State University (in adjacent Normal) and major corporate offices.
  • B. 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.
  • 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.
  • D. Bartlett, Illinois
    Bartlett, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities, parks, and forest preserves.
  • E. Champaign, Illinois, United States
    Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
  • 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_69a826c02e6c8190843304ae6e27ae37 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a83522fd90819083fb32eb7189e1e6 completed March 4, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a835c147e08190ad7451472ebd2c72 completed March 4, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.