Triple
T839819
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vestavia Hills, Alabama |
E18150
|
entity |
| Predicate | category |
P87
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama |
E2492
|
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: Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama | Statement: [Vestavia Hills, Alabama, category, Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama Context triple: [Vestavia Hills, Alabama, category, Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama]
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A.
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
chosen
The Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in central Alabama centered on the cities of Birmingham and Hoover and their surrounding communities.
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B.
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a major industrial and cultural city in the American South, historically known for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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C.
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama is the state capital known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, including events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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D.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial and cultural city in the southern United States, known historically for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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E.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial city in England’s West Midlands, historically significant for its manufacturing heritage and heavy bombing during the Second World War.
- 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abe4ab1081909207ae2eec1898d9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac89f270a08190927e07dd71652299 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.