Triple

T8487689
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Downeast Maine E200870 entity
Predicate hasMajorTown P316 FINISHED
Object Machias
Machias is a small coastal town in eastern Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and its wild blueberry industry.
E737254 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: Machias | Statement: [Downeast Maine, hasMajorTown, Machias]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machias
Context triple: [Downeast Maine, hasMajorTown, Machias]
  • A. Pequoiag
    Pequoiag was the original Native American settlement and name for the area that later became the town of Athol in north-central Massachusetts.
  • B. Siasconset
    Siasconset is a small, historic village on the eastern end of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, known for its rose-covered cottages and scenic bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
  • C. Masset
    Masset is a small coastal village on the northern tip of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada, known as a key Haida community and gateway to the archipelago.
  • D. Canonicus
    Canonicus was a prominent Narragansett sachem in early 17th-century New England, known for his influential role in diplomacy and conflict with the English colonists of Plymouth Colony.
  • E. Mattapoisett Harbor
    Mattapoisett Harbor is a coastal inlet and boating harbor on Buzzards Bay in southeastern Massachusetts, known for its scenic shoreline and maritime recreation.
  • 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: Machias
Triple: [Downeast Maine, hasMajorTown, Machias]
Generated description
Machias is a small coastal town in eastern Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and its wild blueberry industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machias
Target entity description: Machias is a small coastal town in eastern Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and its wild blueberry industry.
  • A. Pequoiag
    Pequoiag was the original Native American settlement and name for the area that later became the town of Athol in north-central Massachusetts.
  • B. Siasconset
    Siasconset is a small, historic village on the eastern end of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, known for its rose-covered cottages and scenic bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
  • C. Masset
    Masset is a small coastal village on the northern tip of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada, known as a key Haida community and gateway to the archipelago.
  • D. Canonicus
    Canonicus was a prominent Narragansett sachem in early 17th-century New England, known for his influential role in diplomacy and conflict with the English colonists of Plymouth Colony.
  • E. Mattapoisett Harbor
    Mattapoisett Harbor is a coastal inlet and boating harbor on Buzzards Bay in southeastern Massachusetts, known for its scenic shoreline and maritime recreation.
  • 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_69ca831d7b148190a6e32c1de43ab13b completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe556b5188190b1124effd7445803 completed March 31, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce3a4e5be48190b5c598123ef75f8b completed April 2, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3d0323248190a076a209df98c96c completed April 2, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3d7909f48190a46f58fca75d7740 completed April 2, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.