Triple
T20179117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Burlington Route |
E492678
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedInRegion |
P6665
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Midwestern United States |
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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: Midwestern United States | Statement: [Burlington Route, operatedInRegion, Midwestern United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Midwestern United States Context triple: [Burlington Route, operatedInRegion, Midwestern United States]
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A.
Midwestern United States
chosen
The Midwestern United States is a region of the country known for its agricultural heartland, major industrial cities, and central role in American culture and history.
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B.
Upper Midwest of the United States
The Upper Midwest of the United States is a region centered around states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas, known for its lakes, forests, agriculture, and distinct cultural and historical ties to both Native American nations and European settlers.
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C.
Midwest Region
The Midwest Region is one of the four geographic brackets used to organize teams and games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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D.
West North Central United States
The West North Central United States is a U.S. Census Bureau region in the Midwest that includes states such as Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.
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E.
Central Plains region
The Central Plains region is a key economic and cultural heartland of China, centered around the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and encompassing major inland cities and agricultural areas.
- 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e668ed07c8819091bd9ffda237a91c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:36 p.m.