Triple
T5945327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Backus |
E132264
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfDeath |
P21
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ashland, Oregon, United States of America |
E310213
|
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: Ashland, Oregon, United States of America | Statement: [John Backus, placeOfDeath, Ashland, Oregon, United States of America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ashland, Oregon, United States of America Context triple: [John Backus, placeOfDeath, Ashland, Oregon, United States of America]
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A.
Ashland, Oregon
chosen
Ashland, Oregon is a small city in southern Oregon best known for its vibrant arts scene and the renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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B.
Alsea, Oregon
Alsea, Oregon is a small unincorporated community in western Oregon’s Coast Range, known as a rural gateway to nearby forests, rivers, and outdoor recreation areas.
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C.
Ashland, Ohio
Ashland, Ohio is a small city in north-central Ohio known historically as a regional manufacturing and agricultural center and home to Ashland University.
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D.
Ashland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Ashland, Pennsylvania, United States of America, is a small borough in Schuylkill County known historically for its anthracite coal mining heritage.
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E.
Aumsville, Oregon
Aumsville, Oregon is a small city in the Willamette Valley region of western Oregon, located southeast of Salem.
- 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_69c00869d3308190af89b2453e0f7546 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0393a10448190b0960f4487e87448 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0e3bd196081908361a38ca17309c6 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:01 p.m.