Triple
T15340272
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alistair MacLeod |
E366774
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small city in west-central Saskatchewan known as a regional service and agricultural hub along the North Saskatchewan River.
|
E1152035
|
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: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada | Statement: [Alistair MacLeod, placeOfBirth, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Context triple: [Alistair MacLeod, placeOfBirth, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada]
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A.
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Swift Current is a small city in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, known as a regional service and agricultural hub along the Trans-Canada Highway.
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B.
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small prairie city in eastern Saskatchewan known as an agricultural and service hub with a notable cultural and film heritage.
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C.
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada is a small industrial city near Edmonton best known as the birthplace of actress Evangeline Lilly and for its role in Alberta’s petrochemical industry.
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D.
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small prairie city in southeastern Saskatchewan known as a regional service and railway hub.
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E.
Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small rural village in southwestern Saskatchewan best known as the birthplace of Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier and as a gateway community to Grasslands National Park.
- 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: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Triple: [Alistair MacLeod, placeOfBirth, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada]
Generated description
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small city in west-central Saskatchewan known as a regional service and agricultural hub along the North Saskatchewan River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Target entity description: North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small city in west-central Saskatchewan known as a regional service and agricultural hub along the North Saskatchewan River.
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A.
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Swift Current is a small city in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, known as a regional service and agricultural hub along the Trans-Canada Highway.
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B.
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small prairie city in eastern Saskatchewan known as an agricultural and service hub with a notable cultural and film heritage.
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C.
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada is a small industrial city near Edmonton best known as the birthplace of actress Evangeline Lilly and for its role in Alberta’s petrochemical industry.
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D.
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada
Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small prairie city in southeastern Saskatchewan known as a regional service and railway hub.
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E.
Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada is a small rural village in southwestern Saskatchewan best known as the birthplace of Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier and as a gateway community to Grasslands National Park.
- 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e12eb7c8190944a260aa1aa9156 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff01f55e9881908612c4e384836fb5 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff030970588190a793cd710e819635 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff04633de08190867ad3baec6b2b02 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.