Triple
T1020781
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northern Ontario |
E22034
|
entity |
| Predicate | borders |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior |
E117705
|
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: United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior | Statement: [Northern Ontario, borders, United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior Context triple: [Northern Ontario, borders, United States (Minnesota) via Lake Superior]
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A.
Northern Minnesota
chosen
Northern Minnesota is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its lakes, outdoor recreation, and long, cold winters.
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B.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods is a large, island-dotted freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario that extends into Manitoba and Minnesota and is known for its fishing, boating, and scenic wilderness.
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D.
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
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E.
Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes region is a bi-national area surrounding North America’s five interconnected Great Lakes, known for its major freshwater resources, industrial centers, and historical role in U.S. and Canadian development.
- 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b7dd76b081909ed4d2f7adb6480d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac3bb63f14819098f5e32af3b98508 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.