Triple
T1385817
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shelby County, Iowa |
E29841
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Westphalia, Iowa
Westphalia, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
|
E157806
|
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: Westphalia, Iowa | Statement: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Westphalia, Iowa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westphalia, Iowa Context triple: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Westphalia, Iowa]
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A.
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo, Iowa is a mid-sized city in northeastern Iowa known as an industrial and commercial hub of the Cedar Valley region along the Cedar River.
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B.
Harlan, Iowa
Harlan, Iowa is a small city in western Iowa that serves as the county seat of Shelby County and a local hub for the surrounding rural communities.
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C.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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D.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
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E.
Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
- 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: Westphalia, Iowa Triple: [Shelby County, Iowa, hasCity, Westphalia, Iowa]
Generated description
Westphalia, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westphalia, Iowa Target entity description: Westphalia, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
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A.
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo, Iowa is a mid-sized city in northeastern Iowa known as an industrial and commercial hub of the Cedar Valley region along the Cedar River.
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B.
Harlan, Iowa
Harlan, Iowa is a small city in western Iowa that serves as the county seat of Shelby County and a local hub for the surrounding rural communities.
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C.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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D.
Hancock, Iowa
Hancock, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa within Pottawattamie County.
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E.
Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
- 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.