Triple

T13075182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minnesota State Highway 23 E329553 entity
Predicate passesThrough P225 FINISHED
Object Brookston, Minnesota
Brookston, Minnesota is a small rural city in St. Louis County known for its location along key regional routes in northeastern Minnesota.
E1019337 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Brookston, Minnesota | Statement: [Minnesota State Highway 23, passesThrough, Brookston, Minnesota]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brookston, Minnesota
Context triple: [Minnesota State Highway 23, passesThrough, Brookston, Minnesota]
  • A. Brownsville, Minnesota
    Brownsville, Minnesota is a small city along the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota known for its scenic river views and outdoor recreation.
  • B. Buhl, Minnesota
    Buhl, Minnesota is a small city on the Iron Range in St. Louis County known historically for its iron mining roots and location in northeastern Minnesota.
  • C. Ostrander, Minnesota
    Ostrander, Minnesota is a small rural city located in southeastern Minnesota within Fillmore County.
  • D. Zumbrota, Minnesota
    Zumbrota, Minnesota is a small city in southeastern Minnesota known for its historic covered bridge and rural Midwestern character.
  • E. Brownsdale, Minnesota
    Brownsdale, Minnesota is a small city located in southeastern Minnesota within Mower County.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brookston, Minnesota
Target entity description: Brookston, Minnesota is a small rural city in St. Louis County known for its location along key regional routes in northeastern Minnesota.
  • A. Brownsville, Minnesota
    Brownsville, Minnesota is a small city along the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota known for its scenic river views and outdoor recreation.
  • B. Buhl, Minnesota
    Buhl, Minnesota is a small city on the Iron Range in St. Louis County known historically for its iron mining roots and location in northeastern Minnesota.
  • C. Ostrander, Minnesota
    Ostrander, Minnesota is a small rural city located in southeastern Minnesota within Fillmore County.
  • D. Zumbrota, Minnesota
    Zumbrota, Minnesota is a small city in southeastern Minnesota known for its historic covered bridge and rural Midwestern character.
  • E. Brownsdale, Minnesota
    Brownsdale, Minnesota is a small city located in southeastern Minnesota within Mower County.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Brookston, Minnesota
Triple: [Minnesota State Highway 23, passesThrough, Brookston, Minnesota]
Generated description
Brookston, Minnesota is a small rural city in St. Louis County known for its location along key regional routes in northeastern Minnesota.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d80771749c81909a6d9197b9504872 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d98117209081908272021013df2222 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f6d608a2288190bf07023a5303f887 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f6d873b978819097962c82e8ffdac8 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f6d6e326408190b7906c7ea8e3ef85 nedg completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9 p.m.