Triple
T11261995
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lesley J. McNair |
E266584
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Verndale, Minnesota, United States
Verndale, Minnesota, United States is a small rural city in Wadena County best known as the birthplace of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
|
E914854
|
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: Verndale, Minnesota, United States | Statement: [Lesley J. McNair, placeOfBirth, Verndale, Minnesota, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verndale, Minnesota, United States Context triple: [Lesley J. McNair, placeOfBirth, Verndale, Minnesota, United States]
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A.
Winona, Minnesota, United States
Winona, Minnesota, United States, is a historic Mississippi River city known for its 19th-century architecture, river bluffs, and cultural institutions such as Winona State University and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
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B.
Mendota, Minnesota, United States
Mendota, Minnesota, United States is a small historic town at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, known as one of the oldest European-American settlements in the state and an early center of the fur trade.
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C.
Wadena, Minnesota
Wadena, Minnesota is a small city in central Minnesota known as a regional hub for agriculture, commerce, and transportation.
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D.
Viola, Minnesota
Viola, Minnesota is a small rural town in southeastern Minnesota known for hosting the annual Viola Gopher Count festival, one of the state's oldest community celebrations.
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E.
Deerwood, Minnesota
Deerwood, Minnesota is a small city in central Minnesota known for its lakeside setting and outdoor recreation opportunities within Crow Wing County.
- 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: Verndale, Minnesota, United States Triple: [Lesley J. McNair, placeOfBirth, Verndale, Minnesota, United States]
Generated description
Verndale, Minnesota, United States is a small rural city in Wadena County best known as the birthplace of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verndale, Minnesota, United States Target entity description: Verndale, Minnesota, United States is a small rural city in Wadena County best known as the birthplace of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
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A.
Winona, Minnesota, United States
Winona, Minnesota, United States, is a historic Mississippi River city known for its 19th-century architecture, river bluffs, and cultural institutions such as Winona State University and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
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B.
Mendota, Minnesota, United States
Mendota, Minnesota, United States is a small historic town at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, known as one of the oldest European-American settlements in the state and an early center of the fur trade.
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C.
Wadena, Minnesota
Wadena, Minnesota is a small city in central Minnesota known as a regional hub for agriculture, commerce, and transportation.
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D.
Viola, Minnesota
Viola, Minnesota is a small rural town in southeastern Minnesota known for hosting the annual Viola Gopher Count festival, one of the state's oldest community celebrations.
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E.
Deerwood, Minnesota
Deerwood, Minnesota is a small city in central Minnesota known for its lakeside setting and outdoor recreation opportunities within Crow Wing County.
- 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_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e94c066c8190be1e032eb328e5fe |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4ccba233481909f00ebe2237c4f0c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e4d9ed6a048190ae7476d44cee6a6e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e4ddb1b4c8819087699bc73610c7f8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.