Triple
T16409959
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Taylor County, Texas |
E398534
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merkel, Texas
Merkel, Texas is a small town in West Texas located near Abilene, known for its rural community character and position along Interstate 20.
|
E1211922
|
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: Merkel, Texas | Statement: [Taylor County, Texas, hasCity, Merkel, Texas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkel, Texas Context triple: [Taylor County, Texas, hasCity, Merkel, Texas]
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A.
Mercedes, Texas
Mercedes, Texas is a small city in the Rio Grande Valley known for its agricultural roots and outlet shopping, located in southern Hidalgo County near the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
Mart, Texas
Mart, Texas is a small rural city in Central Texas known for its tight-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
O'Donnell, Texas
O'Donnell, Texas is a small rural community in West Texas known historically for its agricultural roots and tight-knit local population.
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D.
Turkey, Texas
Turkey, Texas is a small rural community in the Texas Panhandle best known as the hometown of Western swing music legend Bob Wills.
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E.
Muenster, Texas
Muenster, Texas is a small, historically German-Catholic community in North Texas known for its strong German heritage, festivals, and local food traditions.
- 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: Merkel, Texas Triple: [Taylor County, Texas, hasCity, Merkel, Texas]
Generated description
Merkel, Texas is a small town in West Texas located near Abilene, known for its rural community character and position along Interstate 20.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkel, Texas Target entity description: Merkel, Texas is a small town in West Texas located near Abilene, known for its rural community character and position along Interstate 20.
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A.
Mercedes, Texas
Mercedes, Texas is a small city in the Rio Grande Valley known for its agricultural roots and outlet shopping, located in southern Hidalgo County near the U.S.–Mexico border.
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B.
Mart, Texas
Mart, Texas is a small rural city in Central Texas known for its tight-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
O'Donnell, Texas
O'Donnell, Texas is a small rural community in West Texas known historically for its agricultural roots and tight-knit local population.
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D.
Turkey, Texas
Turkey, Texas is a small rural community in the Texas Panhandle best known as the hometown of Western swing music legend Bob Wills.
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E.
Muenster, Texas
Muenster, Texas is a small, historically German-Catholic community in North Texas known for its strong German heritage, festivals, and local food traditions.
- 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_69d87f2950248190bc8ad9b9bebdc8c8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32871bce08190addd637413473c87 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a003c66d41481909340f247f6e5393f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 8:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a003f2971bc819099f9b6800885bb5f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a003ff96b3081909bcef37c77c0c5b1 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.