Triple

T8527910
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maine State Route 109 E201864 entity
Predicate region P40 FINISHED
Object southwestern Maine
Southwestern Maine is a region of the state characterized by coastal communities, small cities, and suburban areas extending inland from the southern Atlantic shoreline.
E48893 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: southwestern Maine | Statement: [Maine State Route 109, region, southwestern Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: southwestern Maine
Context triple: [Maine State Route 109, region, southwestern Maine]
  • A. northwestern Maine
    Northwestern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its rugged terrain, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Canadian border.
  • B. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • D. Midcoast Maine
    Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
  • E. Southern Maine
    Southern Maine is the coastal and largely rural southern portion of the U.S. state of Maine, encompassing its most populous cities and economic centers.
  • 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: southwestern Maine
Triple: [Maine State Route 109, region, southwestern Maine]
Generated description
Southwestern Maine is a region of the state characterized by coastal communities, small cities, and suburban areas extending inland from the southern Atlantic shoreline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: southwestern Maine
Target entity description: Southwestern Maine is a region of the state characterized by coastal communities, small cities, and suburban areas extending inland from the southern Atlantic shoreline.
  • A. northwestern Maine
    Northwestern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its rugged terrain, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Canadian border.
  • B. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • D. Midcoast Maine
    Midcoast Maine is a scenic coastal region of Maine known for its rocky shoreline, historic harbor towns, and maritime heritage.
  • E. Southern Maine chosen
    Southern Maine is the coastal and largely rural southern portion of the U.S. state of Maine, encompassing its most populous cities and economic centers.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83228b24819085d22e7dc99f5d94 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe672e0588190a84328e1bf974f08 completed March 31, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6d54ef908190970a1010c8018abd completed April 2, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce71cd3320819090f2e09f51493f9a completed April 2, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce725a4cf081909cd470fd4d7452ca completed April 2, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:17 p.m.