Triple
T16228746
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | downtown Metropolis, Illinois |
E393923
|
entity |
| Predicate | county |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Massac County
Massac County is a county in southern Illinois best known for including the city of Metropolis, which markets itself as the "Hometown of Superman."
|
E1244144
|
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: Massac County | Statement: [downtown Metropolis, Illinois, county, Massac County]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massac County Context triple: [downtown Metropolis, Illinois, county, Massac County]
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A.
LaSalle County
LaSalle County is a county in north-central Illinois known for its seat in Ottawa and its mix of agricultural land, small towns, and industrial areas along the Illinois River.
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B.
Rock County
Rock County is a county in southwestern Minnesota known for its agricultural landscape and small rural communities.
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C.
Rock Island County
Rock Island County is a county in northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for encompassing cities such as Moline and Rock Island.
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D.
Dubois County
Dubois County is a county in southwestern Indiana known for its German-American heritage, manufacturing-based economy, and county seat of Jasper.
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E.
McCook County
McCook County is a rural county in southeastern South Dakota that forms part of the greater Sioux Falls metropolitan region.
- 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: Massac County Triple: [downtown Metropolis, Illinois, county, Massac County]
Generated description
Massac County is a county in southern Illinois best known for including the city of Metropolis, which markets itself as the "Hometown of Superman."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massac County Target entity description: Massac County is a county in southern Illinois best known for including the city of Metropolis, which markets itself as the "Hometown of Superman."
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A.
LaSalle County
LaSalle County is a county in north-central Illinois known for its seat in Ottawa and its mix of agricultural land, small towns, and industrial areas along the Illinois River.
-
B.
Rock County
Rock County is a county in southwestern Minnesota known for its agricultural landscape and small rural communities.
-
C.
Rock Island County
Rock Island County is a county in northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River, known for encompassing cities such as Moline and Rock Island.
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D.
Dubois County
Dubois County is a county in southwestern Indiana known for its German-American heritage, manufacturing-based economy, and county seat of Jasper.
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E.
McCook County
McCook County is a rural county in southeastern South Dakota that forms part of the greater Sioux Falls metropolitan region.
- 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_69d87f204df88190a8f88923decf9835 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e23d2889688190ac04e4e9479cabf4 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00dbf46cf881909f6c16f7a3d9a535 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0114d33cac819083d8e542ea5bc274 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0115c583608190bf07ac205399f253 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.