Triple
T16680211
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birmingham Water Works Board system |
E405318
|
entity |
| Predicate | serviceArea |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area |
E2492
|
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: Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area | Statement: [Birmingham Water Works Board system, serviceArea, Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area Context triple: [Birmingham Water Works Board system, serviceArea, Birmingham, Alabama metropolitan area]
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A.
Montgomery metropolitan area
The Montgomery metropolitan area is a regional urban hub in central Alabama centered on the city of Montgomery and its surrounding communities.
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B.
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
chosen
The Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in central Alabama centered on the cities of Birmingham and Hoover and their surrounding communities.
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C.
Tuscaloosa metropolitan area
The Tuscaloosa metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in west-central Alabama centered on the city of Tuscaloosa and its surrounding communities.
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D.
Florence-Muscle Shoals metropolitan area
The Florence-Muscle Shoals metropolitan area is a small urban region in northwestern Alabama centered around the cities of Florence and Muscle Shoals, known historically as a hub for influential American music recording.
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E.
Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman combined statistical area
The Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman combined statistical area is a large multi-county metropolitan region in central Alabama centered on the cities of Birmingham, Hoover, and Cullman.
- 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e37d6e74ec81909ea95c3e4b0113ab |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00a51169b881909216ab1055752978 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.