Triple
T13234938
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sterling, Illinois |
E315118
|
entity |
| Predicate | region |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sauk Valley region
The Sauk Valley region is a northwestern Illinois area centered around communities like Sterling and Rock Falls, known for its agricultural landscape and location along the Rock River.
|
E91791
|
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: Sauk Valley region | Statement: [Sterling, Illinois, region, Sauk Valley region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sauk Valley region Context triple: [Sterling, Illinois, region, Sauk Valley region]
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A.
Fox Valley
Fox Valley is a suburban region in northern Illinois centered along the Fox River, known for its chain of mid-sized cities, historic downtowns, and riverfront communities west of Chicago.
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B.
Rock River valley
Rock River valley is a historically significant river valley region in the Upper Midwest of the United States, known as a traditional homeland and cultural landscape of the Ho-Chunk people.
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C.
Driftless Area
The Driftless Area is a distinctive region of the Upper Midwest in the United States known for its rugged, steep terrain and deep river valleys that escaped glaciation during the last Ice Age.
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D.
Wabash Valley
Wabash Valley is a geographic and cultural region in the Midwest centered around the Wabash River, encompassing parts of western Indiana and eastern Illinois.
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E.
Illinois River Valley
The Illinois River Valley is a prominent Midwestern river valley in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its broad floodplains, rich agricultural land, and historical role as a transportation and trade corridor.
- 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: Sauk Valley region Triple: [Sterling, Illinois, region, Sauk Valley region]
Generated description
The Sauk Valley region is a northwestern Illinois area centered around communities like Sterling and Rock Falls, known for its agricultural landscape and location along the Rock River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sauk Valley region Target entity description: The Sauk Valley region is a northwestern Illinois area centered around communities like Sterling and Rock Falls, known for its agricultural landscape and location along the Rock River.
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A.
Fox Valley
Fox Valley is a suburban region in northern Illinois centered along the Fox River, known for its chain of mid-sized cities, historic downtowns, and riverfront communities west of Chicago.
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B.
Rock River valley
chosen
Rock River valley is a historically significant river valley region in the Upper Midwest of the United States, known as a traditional homeland and cultural landscape of the Ho-Chunk people.
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C.
Driftless Area
The Driftless Area is a distinctive region of the Upper Midwest in the United States known for its rugged, steep terrain and deep river valleys that escaped glaciation during the last Ice Age.
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D.
Wabash Valley
Wabash Valley is a geographic and cultural region in the Midwest centered around the Wabash River, encompassing parts of western Indiana and eastern Illinois.
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E.
Illinois River Valley
The Illinois River Valley is a prominent Midwestern river valley in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its broad floodplains, rich agricultural land, and historical role as a transportation and trade corridor.
- F. None of above.
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_69d806affc688190a25b6ccc588e9c72 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98d36bdf8819099949b1e0e6902d3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f70a35ccc88190881a7066b7af8fea |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f70c000da081909297f3d24666b6a5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f70ce60a7081908f9498fcfec98e90 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:22 p.m.