Triple

T10704546
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject La Porte City, Iowa E252365 entity
Predicate isPartOfStatisticalArea P294 FINISHED
Object Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area E302103 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area | Statement: [La Porte City, Iowa, isPartOfStatisticalArea, Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area
Context triple: [La Porte City, Iowa, isPartOfStatisticalArea, Waterloo–Cedar Falls, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area]
  • A. Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
    The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Cedar Rapids and its surrounding counties.
  • B. Washington, Iowa metropolitan area
    The Washington, Iowa metropolitan area is a small regional hub in southeastern Iowa centered on the city of Washington and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Iowa City metropolitan area
    The Iowa City metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Iowa City and its surrounding communities.
  • D. Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
    The Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area is a major urban and economic hub in central Iowa centered on the state capital of Des Moines and its surrounding suburbs and counties.
  • E. Cedar Falls–Waterloo area chosen
    The Cedar Falls–Waterloo area is a metropolitan region in northeastern Iowa centered around the neighboring cities of Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aa5cbabc8190973e683950d89faf elicitation completed
NER batch_69d6fdddf258819097b9fd26d68cd2e4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69de2270ff1c81908ec1d37c7e9efd8a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:12 p.m.