Triple

T8787613
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Houlton, Maine E209078 entity
Predicate hasMediaOutlet P33903 FINISHED
Object Houlton Pioneer Times
Houlton Pioneer Times is a local newspaper serving the community of Houlton and the surrounding region in northern Maine.
 E756942 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: Houlton Pioneer Times | Statement: [Houlton, Maine, hasMediaOutlet, Houlton Pioneer Times]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Houlton Pioneer Times
Context triple: [Houlton, Maine, hasMediaOutlet, Houlton Pioneer Times]
  • A. Kennebec Journal
    Kennebec Journal is a longstanding daily newspaper serving Augusta and the surrounding Central Maine region with local news, politics, and community coverage.
  • B. Rutland Herald
    Rutland Herald is a long-running daily newspaper serving the city of Rutland and the surrounding region in Vermont.
  • C. Greene County Messenger
    Greene County Messenger is a local newspaper serving the community of Waynesburg and the surrounding areas in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
  • D. Salem Times-Commoner
    The Salem Times-Commoner is a local newspaper serving the community of Salem, Illinois with news, events, and public information.
  • E. Canby Herald
    The Canby Herald is a local newspaper serving the community of Canby, Oregon with news, events, and community information.
  • 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: Houlton Pioneer Times
Triple: [Houlton, Maine, hasMediaOutlet, Houlton Pioneer Times]
Generated description
Houlton Pioneer Times is a local newspaper serving the community of Houlton and the surrounding region in northern Maine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Houlton Pioneer Times
Target entity description: Houlton Pioneer Times is a local newspaper serving the community of Houlton and the surrounding region in northern Maine.
  • A. Kennebec Journal
    Kennebec Journal is a longstanding daily newspaper serving Augusta and the surrounding Central Maine region with local news, politics, and community coverage.
  • B. Rutland Herald
    Rutland Herald is a long-running daily newspaper serving the city of Rutland and the surrounding region in Vermont.
  • C. Greene County Messenger
    Greene County Messenger is a local newspaper serving the community of Waynesburg and the surrounding areas in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
  • D. Salem Times-Commoner
    The Salem Times-Commoner is a local newspaper serving the community of Salem, Illinois with news, events, and public information.
  • E. Canby Herald
    The Canby Herald is a local newspaper serving the community of Canby, Oregon with news, events, and community information.
  • 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5f89a84c819085d4cfe4e6dfbda8 completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf520678f48190a0af3df75df9b269 completed April 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5490df348190a31f300f0f4dae71 completed April 3, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf5565bc108190a283772608fd28de completed April 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.