Triple
T1385811
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shelby County, Iowa |
E29841
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elk Horn, Iowa
Elk Horn, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong Danish heritage and cultural attractions.
|
E157803
|
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: Elk Horn, Iowa | Statement: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Elk Horn, Iowa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elk Horn, Iowa Context triple: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Elk Horn, Iowa]
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A.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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B.
Hartley, Iowa
Hartley, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and local small-town character.
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C.
Elma, Iowa
Elma, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within Howard County.
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D.
Eldon, Iowa
Eldon, Iowa is a small town best known as the setting of Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic," featuring the now-famous white farmhouse.
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E.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
- 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: Elk Horn, Iowa Triple: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Elk Horn, Iowa]
Generated description
Elk Horn, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong Danish heritage and cultural attractions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elk Horn, Iowa Target entity description: Elk Horn, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong Danish heritage and cultural attractions.
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A.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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B.
Hartley, Iowa
Hartley, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and local small-town character.
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C.
Elma, Iowa
Elma, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within Howard County.
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D.
Eldon, Iowa
Eldon, Iowa is a small town best known as the setting of Grant Wood’s iconic painting "American Gothic," featuring the now-famous white farmhouse.
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E.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
- 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_69a498dc92f8819094a1108f8ac90f43 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c339f3d481909c04b14129899945 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acd48e046c8190bc4820d6c4ce907d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd57bf87c8190ad22de7b5636fcfc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd5e54e98819084ba0022ca64ff43 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.