Triple
T574118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Illinois |
E13723
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorMetropolitanArea |
P5155
|
FINISHED |
| Object | St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion) |
E79217
|
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: St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion) | Statement: [Illinois, hasMajorMetropolitanArea, St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion) Context triple: [Illinois, hasMajorMetropolitanArea, St. Louis–Belleville–East St. Louis metropolitan area (Illinois portion)]
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A.
St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
chosen
The St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) is the segment of the greater St. Louis metro region located in southwestern Illinois, encompassing cities and suburbs such as Belleville and East St. Louis that are economically and socially integrated with St. Louis, Missouri.
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B.
Springfield metropolitan area
The Springfield metropolitan area is a U.S. metro region centered on Springfield, the capital city of Illinois, serving as a governmental, economic, and cultural hub for the surrounding central Illinois communities.
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C.
Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
The Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, known for Illinois State University, major insurance and corporate employers, and its role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
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D.
Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
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E.
Peoria metropolitan area
The Peoria metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic center in central Illinois anchored by the city of Peoria and its surrounding communities.
- 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49d28af148190acad3cfb809ff2f2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a64a48e53081908e5d5e093edb5e75 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.