Triple
T18190306
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Erskine Caldwell |
E435514
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Place Called Estherville |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Place Called Estherville | Statement: [Erskine Caldwell, notableWork, Place Called Estherville]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Place Called Estherville Context triple: [Erskine Caldwell, notableWork, Place Called Estherville]
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A.
Estherville, Iowa
chosen
Estherville, Iowa is a small city in Emmet County known for its rural Midwestern character and proximity to the Iowa Great Lakes region.
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B.
Earlville, Iowa
Earlville, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
Centerville, Iowa
Centerville, Iowa is a small city in southern Iowa known historically for its coal mining industry and as the seat of Appanoose County.
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D.
Estherville City Council
Estherville City Council is the municipal legislative body responsible for setting local policies, passing ordinances, and overseeing city governance in Estherville, Iowa.
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E.
Evansdale, Iowa
Evansdale, Iowa is a small suburban city in northeastern Iowa that functions largely as a residential community adjacent to the larger city of Waterloo.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b90c7ec081909b4694ccecb449c6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4e0016ec08190ae853dbc89865a41 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.