Triple

T1596312
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Louis County, Missouri E34289 entity
Predicate containsCity P294 FINISHED
Object Ferguson, Missouri
Ferguson, Missouri is a suburban city in the Greater St. Louis area that gained national attention following the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests over racial injustice and policing.
E181545 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: Ferguson, Missouri | Statement: [St. Louis County, Missouri, containsCity, Ferguson, Missouri]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferguson, Missouri
Context triple: [St. Louis County, Missouri, containsCity, Ferguson, Missouri]
  • A. Ferguson
    Ferguson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the Gaelic "son of Fergus" and borne by numerous notable figures, including Sir Alex Ferguson.
  • B. Fulton, Missouri
    Fulton, Missouri is a small city in central Missouri best known as the site where Winston Churchill delivered his famous 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College.
  • C. Springfield, Missouri
    Springfield, Missouri is a mid-sized city in southwestern Missouri known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks" and recognized as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and commerce.
  • D. North Kansas City, Missouri
    North Kansas City, Missouri is a small, independent city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its industrial base, revitalized downtown, and close-knit suburban character.
  • E. East St. Louis, Illinois
    East St. Louis, Illinois is an industrial city in southwestern Illinois, located directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, historically known as a major rail and transportation hub.
  • 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: Ferguson, Missouri
Triple: [St. Louis County, Missouri, containsCity, Ferguson, Missouri]
Generated description
Ferguson, Missouri is a suburban city in the Greater St. Louis area that gained national attention following the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests over racial injustice and policing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferguson, Missouri
Target entity description: Ferguson, Missouri is a suburban city in the Greater St. Louis area that gained national attention following the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests over racial injustice and policing.
  • A. Ferguson
    Ferguson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the Gaelic "son of Fergus" and borne by numerous notable figures, including Sir Alex Ferguson.
  • B. Fulton, Missouri
    Fulton, Missouri is a small city in central Missouri best known as the site where Winston Churchill delivered his famous 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College.
  • C. Springfield, Missouri
    Springfield, Missouri is a mid-sized city in southwestern Missouri known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks" and recognized as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and commerce.
  • D. North Kansas City, Missouri
    North Kansas City, Missouri is a small, independent city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its industrial base, revitalized downtown, and close-knit suburban character.
  • E. East St. Louis, Illinois
    East St. Louis, Illinois is an industrial city in southwestern Illinois, located directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, historically known as a major rail and transportation hub.
  • 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_69a885fdcb9c819081ce6f0b8cd477dd completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9092e46748190b27be7d1aba07dff completed March 5, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad46a848ec819085c82be8eaea2044 completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4841d278819085507528faeaae3e completed March 8, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad48ff11d881909fd6e9e40d5f1f38 completed March 8, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.