Triple

T15114460
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject O'Fallon, Illinois E360999 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Southwestern Illinois
Southwestern Illinois is a region of Illinois just east of St. Louis, Missouri, encompassing several suburban and rural communities in the Metro East area.
E1139272 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: Southwestern Illinois | Statement: [O'Fallon, Illinois, locatedIn, Southwestern Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern Illinois
Context triple: [O'Fallon, Illinois, locatedIn, Southwestern Illinois]
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • 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.
  • E. eastern Illinois
    Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
  • 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: Southwestern Illinois
Triple: [O'Fallon, Illinois, locatedIn, Southwestern Illinois]
Generated description
Southwestern Illinois is a region of Illinois just east of St. Louis, Missouri, encompassing several suburban and rural communities in the Metro East area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern Illinois
Target entity description: Southwestern Illinois is a region of Illinois just east of St. Louis, Missouri, encompassing several suburban and rural communities in the Metro East area.
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • 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.
  • E. eastern Illinois
    Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
  • 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_69d85a0491ec8190830960be8fafb994 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0058f4fb88190a3d446a466aebcf1 completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feb7eccb988190aae27dd28cf50997 completed May 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69febc7e6d408190983a1f1e706c67b1 completed May 9, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69febd10a9a08190aabfa072199db5c9 completed May 9, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:05 a.m.