Triple

T1461808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steve Alford E31528 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Franklin, Indiana, United States
Franklin is a small city in central Indiana, United States, known as the hometown of basketball coach and former Indiana University star Steve Alford.
E166652 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: Franklin, Indiana, United States | Statement: [Steve Alford, placeOfBirth, Franklin, Indiana, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklin, Indiana, United States
Context triple: [Steve Alford, placeOfBirth, Franklin, Indiana, United States]
  • A. Columbus, Indiana, United States
    Columbus, Indiana, United States, is a small Midwestern city renowned for its exceptional collection of modernist architecture and design.
  • B. Evansville, Indiana, United States
    Evansville, Indiana, United States is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana known as a regional commercial, medical, and cultural hub.
  • C. Dayton, Indiana, United States
    Dayton, Indiana, United States is a small town in Tippecanoe County best known as the burial place of Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon.
  • D. Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America is the capital and most populous city of the state of Indiana, known for its major role in transportation, manufacturing, and the annual Indianapolis 500 auto race.
  • E. New Castle, Indiana, United States
    New Castle, Indiana, United States is a small Midwestern city known as the birthplace of pop artist Robert Indiana and for its strong basketball heritage.
  • 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: Franklin, Indiana, United States
Triple: [Steve Alford, placeOfBirth, Franklin, Indiana, United States]
Generated description
Franklin is a small city in central Indiana, United States, known as the hometown of basketball coach and former Indiana University star Steve Alford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Franklin, Indiana, United States
Target entity description: Franklin is a small city in central Indiana, United States, known as the hometown of basketball coach and former Indiana University star Steve Alford.
  • A. Columbus, Indiana, United States
    Columbus, Indiana, United States, is a small Midwestern city renowned for its exceptional collection of modernist architecture and design.
  • B. Evansville, Indiana, United States
    Evansville, Indiana, United States is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana known as a regional commercial, medical, and cultural hub.
  • C. Dayton, Indiana, United States
    Dayton, Indiana, United States is a small town in Tippecanoe County best known as the burial place of Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon.
  • D. Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America is the capital and most populous city of the state of Indiana, known for its major role in transportation, manufacturing, and the annual Indianapolis 500 auto race.
  • E. New Castle, Indiana, United States
    New Castle, Indiana, United States is a small Midwestern city known as the birthplace of pop artist Robert Indiana and for its strong basketball heritage.
  • 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c59ecb60819082217b034e18381f completed March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e7ab538819090bc3e3ed1bbff64 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f5106fc8190ab03c4e5a0287424 completed March 8, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fa4c7d48190ac84267c16c6eb00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.