Triple
T1539168
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William O. Douglas |
E32824
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maine, Minnesota, United States
Maine is a small unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States, known primarily as the birthplace of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
|
E176651
|
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: Maine, Minnesota, United States | Statement: [William O. Douglas, birthPlace, Maine, Minnesota, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maine, Minnesota, United States Context triple: [William O. Douglas, birthPlace, Maine, Minnesota, United States]
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A.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
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B.
Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
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C.
Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
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D.
Mexico, Maine
Mexico, Maine is a small town in Oxford County known historically as a mill and residential community closely linked with the neighboring industrial town of Rumford.
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E.
Strong, Maine
Strong, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known historically for its lumber and toothpick manufacturing industries.
- 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: Maine, Minnesota, United States Triple: [William O. Douglas, birthPlace, Maine, Minnesota, United States]
Generated description
Maine is a small unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States, known primarily as the birthplace of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maine, Minnesota, United States Target entity description: Maine is a small unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States, known primarily as the birthplace of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
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A.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
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B.
Maine
Maine is a northeastern U.S. state known for its rugged coastline, maritime history, and vast forested interior.
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C.
Maine
Maine is a historical region in northwestern France that played a significant role in the medieval power struggles between the English and French crowns.
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D.
Mexico, Maine
Mexico, Maine is a small town in Oxford County known historically as a mill and residential community closely linked with the neighboring industrial town of Rumford.
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E.
Strong, Maine
Strong, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known historically for its lumber and toothpick manufacturing industries.
- 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_69a885ed29088190a3c2d5a3d100c16e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a9082c186c81909c5c4c1a8a47c603 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad30997d408190916f16d31bcc35b4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad31167b748190bbb73d7369570ada |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad31b5ce308190ba34123a4c8b8188 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.