Triple

T11994054
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen E. Ambrose E285482 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Lovington, Illinois, United States of America
Lovington, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern village best known as the birthplace of renowned American historian and author Stephen E. Ambrose.
E958664 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: Lovington, Illinois, United States of America | Statement: [Stephen E. Ambrose, placeOfBirth, Lovington, Illinois, United States of America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lovington, Illinois, United States of America
Context triple: [Stephen E. Ambrose, placeOfBirth, Lovington, Illinois, United States of America]
  • A. Taylorville, Illinois, United States
    Taylorville, Illinois, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Edward M. Purcell.
  • B. Morton, Illinois, United States
    Morton, Illinois, United States, is a small village in Tazewell County known for its agricultural industry and annual pumpkin festival.
  • C. Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States
    Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to the city.
  • D. Canton, Illinois, United States
    Canton, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city in Fulton County known historically as an industrial community and the birthplace of actor Ian Wolfe.
  • E. Hoopeston, Illinois, United States
    Hoopeston, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city in Vermilion County known historically for its agricultural roots and annual Sweetcorn Festival.
  • 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: Lovington, Illinois, United States of America
Triple: [Stephen E. Ambrose, placeOfBirth, Lovington, Illinois, United States of America]
Generated description
Lovington, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern village best known as the birthplace of renowned American historian and author Stephen E. Ambrose.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lovington, Illinois, United States of America
Target entity description: Lovington, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern village best known as the birthplace of renowned American historian and author Stephen E. Ambrose.
  • A. Taylorville, Illinois, United States
    Taylorville, Illinois, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Edward M. Purcell.
  • B. Morton, Illinois, United States
    Morton, Illinois, United States, is a small village in Tazewell County known for its agricultural industry and annual pumpkin festival.
  • C. Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States
    Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to the city.
  • D. Canton, Illinois, United States
    Canton, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city in Fulton County known historically as an industrial community and the birthplace of actor Ian Wolfe.
  • E. Hoopeston, Illinois, United States
    Hoopeston, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city in Vermilion County known historically for its agricultural roots and annual Sweetcorn Festival.
  • 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903b211688190bfe6dd15c3f96d2f completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f47273e1088190b899071baff1375a completed May 1, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7d4ef081908f7f87d90c00d9ed completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47de8c9e48190af01918c9cd94c7d completed May 1, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.