Triple
T12527068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Half-Life franchise |
E299466
|
entity |
| Predicate | setting |
P1957
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
City 17
City 17 is a dystopian Eastern European-style metropolis under brutal Combine occupation in the Half-Life series, serving as the primary backdrop for Half-Life 2.
|
E988279
|
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: City 17 | Statement: [Half-Life franchise, setting, City 17]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: City 17 Context triple: [Half-Life franchise, setting, City 17]
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A.
City 17
City 17 is a film project featuring actress Paige Hurd, known primarily among fans of her screen work rather than as a widely recognized mainstream title.
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B.
Free City
"Free City" is the 2000 debut studio album by St. Lunatics, a hip hop group from St. Louis that includes rapper Nelly.
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C.
Drop City
Drop City is a novel by T.C. Boyle that follows a 1970s California hippie commune whose idealistic experiment in free living unravels when they relocate to the harsh wilderness of Alaska.
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D.
This City
"This City" is a song by English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf, released as one of the tracks on his debut album "Lycanthropy."
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E.
End City
End City is a rare, towering dungeon-like structure found in Minecraft's End dimension, known for its shulker enemies and valuable loot such as Elytra and enchanted gear.
- 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: City 17 Triple: [Half-Life franchise, setting, City 17]
Generated description
City 17 is a dystopian Eastern European-style metropolis under brutal Combine occupation in the Half-Life series, serving as the primary backdrop for Half-Life 2.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: City 17 Target entity description: City 17 is a dystopian Eastern European-style metropolis under brutal Combine occupation in the Half-Life series, serving as the primary backdrop for Half-Life 2.
-
A.
City 17
City 17 is a film project featuring actress Paige Hurd, known primarily among fans of her screen work rather than as a widely recognized mainstream title.
-
B.
Free City
"Free City" is the 2000 debut studio album by St. Lunatics, a hip hop group from St. Louis that includes rapper Nelly.
-
C.
Drop City
Drop City is a novel by T.C. Boyle that follows a 1970s California hippie commune whose idealistic experiment in free living unravels when they relocate to the harsh wilderness of Alaska.
-
D.
This City
"This City" is a song by English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf, released as one of the tracks on his debut album "Lycanthropy."
-
E.
End City
End City is a rare, towering dungeon-like structure found in Minecraft's End dimension, known for its shulker enemies and valuable loot such as Elytra and enchanted gear.
- 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9545e90948190980bd4d64964a0f2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64bc393808190add527030a928517 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64c535c9881908e5bf07d13fa73c5 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6508afef08190ac7a19b1ee90141e |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.