Triple
T16680225
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birmingham Water Works Board system |
E405318
|
entity |
| Predicate | regulator |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
E1559
|
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: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Statement: [Birmingham Water Works Board system, regulator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Context triple: [Birmingham Water Works Board system, regulator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]
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A.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
chosen
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
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B.
EPA
EPA is the ICAO airline designator assigned to Eastern Provincial Airways, a former Canadian regional carrier.
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C.
EPA
EPA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the national authority responsible for environmental policy and conservation in Sweden.
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D.
EPA
EPA is the national environmental regulator in Ireland responsible for protecting and improving the country’s environment through monitoring, enforcement, and policy support.
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E.
Environmental Protection Bureau
The Environmental Protection Bureau is a governmental unit focused on enforcing environmental laws and regulations to protect public health and natural resources.
- 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_6a008a3e2ddc8190a59108cdf001dac2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.