Triple
T21073431
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Aileen Mioko Smith |
E519167
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfActivity |
P1527
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan |
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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: Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan | Statement: [Aileen Mioko Smith, placeOfActivity, Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan Context triple: [Aileen Mioko Smith, placeOfActivity, Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan]
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A.
Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
chosen
Minamata, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is a coastal city historically known for severe industrial mercury poisoning and later for inspiring the global Minamata Convention on Mercury.
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B.
Kumamoto, Japan
Kumamoto, Japan is a historic city on Japan’s Kyushu island, known for its impressive Kumamoto Castle, rich samurai heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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C.
Minamata
Minamata is a powerful photo-essay and book by W. Eugene Smith documenting the devastating effects of industrial mercury poisoning on a Japanese fishing community.
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D.
Minamata
Minamata is a coastal Japanese city historically known for the devastating industrial mercury poisoning disaster that led to the identification of Minamata disease.
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E.
Oguni, Kumamoto, Japan
Oguni is a rural town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its hot springs, forested landscapes, and as the birthplace of bacteriologist Shibasaburo Kitasato.
- 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_69e0b506e59c8190849b71ed07929215 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e702d491a08190a9f5f28c0b72d38c |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:47 p.m.