Triple

T7238531
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Basel metropolitan area E155293 entity
Predicate crossesBorderType P31352 FINISHED
Object Swiss–German border
The Swiss–German border is an international boundary separating Switzerland and Germany, running through regions such as the Upper Rhine and intersecting major urban areas like Basel.
E650761 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: Swiss–German border | Statement: [Basel metropolitan area, crossesBorderType, Swiss–German border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss–German border
Context triple: [Basel metropolitan area, crossesBorderType, Swiss–German border]
  • A. France–Switzerland border
    The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
  • B. Italian–Swiss border
    The Italian–Swiss border is the international boundary separating Italy and Switzerland, winding through the Alps and around various enclaves and exclaves.
  • C. Franco-German border
    The Franco-German border is the international boundary separating France and Germany, running largely along the Rhine and historically central to European political and cultural relations.
  • D. Germany–Austria border
    The Germany–Austria border is an international boundary running through the Alps and other regions of Central Europe, separating the Federal Republic of Germany from the Republic of Austria.
  • E. French–Italian border
    The French–Italian border is the mountainous international boundary between France and Italy, running largely through the Alps and historically fortified and contested.
  • 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: Swiss–German border
Triple: [Basel metropolitan area, crossesBorderType, Swiss–German border]
Generated description
The Swiss–German border is an international boundary separating Switzerland and Germany, running through regions such as the Upper Rhine and intersecting major urban areas like Basel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss–German border
Target entity description: The Swiss–German border is an international boundary separating Switzerland and Germany, running through regions such as the Upper Rhine and intersecting major urban areas like Basel.
  • A. France–Switzerland border
    The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
  • B. Italian–Swiss border
    The Italian–Swiss border is the international boundary separating Italy and Switzerland, winding through the Alps and around various enclaves and exclaves.
  • C. Franco-German border
    The Franco-German border is the international boundary separating France and Germany, running largely along the Rhine and historically central to European political and cultural relations.
  • D. Germany–Austria border
    The Germany–Austria border is an international boundary running through the Alps and other regions of Central Europe, separating the Federal Republic of Germany from the Republic of Austria.
  • E. French–Italian border
    The French–Italian border is the mountainous international boundary between France and Italy, running largely through the Alps and historically fortified and contested.
  • 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_69c688143bfc81908d4176617735e601 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f04089408190aa20ed6767590ae1 completed March 27, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7cc381a4081909a8ea7ee02348328 completed March 28, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7cda71c088190afe117d8d3ff04ab completed March 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7ce1b5e0081908d8e68fb1c0bfd3e completed March 28, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:55 p.m.