Triple
T16340715
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cerro Gordo County, Iowa |
E396792
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOfMetropolitanArea |
P294
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mason City micropolitan area |
E639026
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Mason City micropolitan area | Statement: [Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, partOfMetropolitanArea, Mason City micropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mason City micropolitan area Context triple: [Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, partOfMetropolitanArea, Mason City micropolitan area]
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A.
Mason City
chosen
Mason City is a northern Iowa city known as the "River City," recognized for its musical heritage and notable Prairie School architecture, including works by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area
The Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area is a U.S. Census Bureau-defined region centered on Muscatine, Iowa, used for statistical and economic analysis of the surrounding small urban area and its nearby communities.
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C.
Vermillion micropolitan area
The Vermillion micropolitan area is a small urban and surrounding rural region centered on the city of Vermillion in southeastern South Dakota, known for hosting the University of South Dakota.
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D.
Sioux City metropolitan area
The Sioux City metropolitan area is a multi-state urban region centered on Sioux City, Iowa, encompassing surrounding communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
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E.
Ruston micropolitan area
The Ruston micropolitan area is a small urban region in northern Louisiana centered on the city of Ruston, known for its role as an educational and economic hub within the Ark-La-Tex.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d87f26864c819088365ca381a003c2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2da09dcf48190b6fdd14b1812c56a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00261cf0648190b4dd5ff79de7e315 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.