Triple
T8994851
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Methuen, Massachusetts |
E214878
|
entity |
| Predicate | region |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merrimack Valley |
E35013
|
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: Merrimack Valley | Statement: [Methuen, Massachusetts, region, Merrimack Valley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrimack Valley Context triple: [Methuen, Massachusetts, region, Merrimack Valley]
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A.
Merrimack Valley
chosen
Merrimack Valley is a region in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire centered around the Merrimack River, known for its historic mill cities and industrial heritage.
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B.
Boston–Fall River corridor
The Boston–Fall River corridor is a major transportation and economic region in southeastern Massachusetts linking the Greater Boston area with the city of Fall River and surrounding communities.
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C.
Blackstone Valley
Blackstone Valley is a historic industrial region in central Massachusetts known as the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution along the Blackstone River.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay region
The Massachusetts Bay region is a historic coastal area in New England that became a central hub of early English colonization and Puritan settlement in North America.
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E.
Upper Valley
The Upper Valley is a bi-state region along the Connecticut River in New Hampshire and Vermont, known for its college-town communities, rural landscapes, and cultural and economic hub centered around Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
- 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68ddff288190869731df2c178ff6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfdb9531748190bd710e0b386b2cbe |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.