Triple

T11052043
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oakman, Alabama E261278 entity
Predicate region P40 FINISHED
Object North Alabama coal field
The North Alabama coal field is a major coal-producing geological region in northern Alabama known for its extensive bituminous coal deposits and long history of mining activity.
 E901409 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: North Alabama coal field | Statement: [Oakman, Alabama, region, North Alabama coal field]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: North Alabama coal field
Context triple: [Oakman, Alabama, region, North Alabama coal field]
  • A. Cherokee–Crawford coal field
    The Cherokee–Crawford coal field is a historically significant coal-mining region in southeastern Kansas known for its extensive bituminous coal deposits and role in the area's industrial development.
  • B. Lincoln County coal fields
    The Lincoln County coal fields are a significant coal-mining region in southwestern Wyoming known for supplying fuel to local power generation and industrial operations.
  • C. Pocahontas coalfield
    The Pocahontas coalfield is a historically significant coal-mining region in the Appalachian Mountains, known for its high-quality bituminous coal and its central role in the industrial development of southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia.
  • D. Appalachian coalfield
    The Appalachian coalfield is a major coal-producing region in the eastern United States, spanning parts of several states and historically central to the nation’s coal mining industry and associated communities.
  • E. Raton Basin coal fields
    The Raton Basin coal fields are a significant coal-bearing geological region spanning southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, historically important for coal mining and associated industrial development.
  • 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: North Alabama coal field
Triple: [Oakman, Alabama, region, North Alabama coal field]
Generated description
The North Alabama coal field is a major coal-producing geological region in northern Alabama known for its extensive bituminous coal deposits and long history of mining activity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: North Alabama coal field
Target entity description: The North Alabama coal field is a major coal-producing geological region in northern Alabama known for its extensive bituminous coal deposits and long history of mining activity.
  • A. Cherokee–Crawford coal field
    The Cherokee–Crawford coal field is a historically significant coal-mining region in southeastern Kansas known for its extensive bituminous coal deposits and role in the area's industrial development.
  • B. Lincoln County coal fields
    The Lincoln County coal fields are a significant coal-mining region in southwestern Wyoming known for supplying fuel to local power generation and industrial operations.
  • C. Pocahontas coalfield
    The Pocahontas coalfield is a historically significant coal-mining region in the Appalachian Mountains, known for its high-quality bituminous coal and its central role in the industrial development of southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia.
  • D. Appalachian coalfield
    The Appalachian coalfield is a major coal-producing region in the eastern United States, spanning parts of several states and historically central to the nation’s coal mining industry and associated communities.
  • E. Raton Basin coal fields
    The Raton Basin coal fields are a significant coal-bearing geological region spanning southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, historically important for coal mining and associated industrial development.
  • 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7986c0df88190b29d71db5538450a completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3aa1c2d9c8190959e28ccef4e0f6d completed April 18, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3ad0379888190b2f56d36d79bf97d completed April 18, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3b20f20bc8190a848c6fca8e2427f completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.