Triple

T1238853
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vilvoorde E26610 entity
Predicate sharesBorderWith P224 FINISHED
Object Machelen
Machelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, located just northeast of Brussels and known for its mix of residential areas and business zones near the capital.
 E221140 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: Machelen | Statement: [Vilvoorde, sharesBorderWith, Machelen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Machelen
Context triple: [Vilvoorde, sharesBorderWith, Machelen]
  • A. Mechelen
    Mechelen is a historic city in the Flemish region of Belgium, known for its rich architectural heritage, medieval center, and prominent role in the Low Countries’ political and religious history.
  • B. Hasselt
    Hasselt is a historic small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its medieval center and canals.
  • C. Hasselt
    Hasselt is a city in northeastern Belgium that serves as the capital of the province of Limburg in the Flemish region.
  • D. Vilvoorde
    Vilvoorde is a city in the Flemish Region of Belgium, located just north of Brussels and known as part of the capital’s broader metropolitan area.
  • E. Dendermonde
    Dendermonde is a historic city in East Flanders, Belgium, known for its medieval architecture and UNESCO-recognized Ros Beiaard procession.
  • 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: Machelen
Triple: [Vilvoorde, sharesBorderWith, Machelen]
Generated description
Machelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, located just northeast of Brussels and known for its mix of residential areas and business zones near the capital.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Machelen
Target entity description: Machelen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, located just northeast of Brussels and known for its mix of residential areas and business zones near the capital.
  • A. Mechelen
    Mechelen is a historic city in the Flemish region of Belgium, known for its rich architectural heritage, medieval center, and prominent role in the Low Countries’ political and religious history.
  • B. Hasselt
    Hasselt is a historic small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel, known for its medieval center and canals.
  • C. Hasselt
    Hasselt is a city in northeastern Belgium that serves as the capital of the province of Limburg in the Flemish region.
  • D. Vilvoorde
    Vilvoorde is a city in the Flemish Region of Belgium, located just north of Brussels and known as part of the capital’s broader metropolitan area.
  • E. Dendermonde
    Dendermonde is a historic city in East Flanders, Belgium, known for its medieval architecture and UNESCO-recognized Ros Beiaard procession.
  • 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf406b988190a12aa26bbcb88d6a completed March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae02f319788190ac9a634803154832 completed March 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03647d5881908c5952dd3e2015a7 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae03f3611c8190b1cb90c9e59429cc completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.