Triple
T2210623
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area |
E50907
|
entity |
| Predicate | urbanCenterFor |
P18768
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northeastern Iowa |
E66966
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Northeastern Iowa | Statement: [Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area, urbanCenterFor, Northeastern Iowa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northeastern Iowa Context triple: [Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area, urbanCenterFor, Northeastern Iowa]
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A.
Northeastern Iowa
chosen
Northeastern Iowa is a largely rural region of Iowa known for its rolling hills, agricultural communities, and small towns such as Cresco.
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B.
Southwestern Iowa
Southwestern Iowa is a region of the U.S. state of Iowa that encompasses several counties, including Pottawattamie County, and is characterized by its mix of agricultural land, small cities, and proximity to the Missouri River and Omaha metropolitan area.
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C.
northwestern Iowa
Northwestern Iowa is a largely rural region of the U.S. state of Iowa characterized by its agricultural economy, small towns, and proximity to the borders with South Dakota and Minnesota.
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D.
eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa is a region of the U.S. state of Iowa known for its mix of urban centers, including the Iowa City–Cedar Rapids corridor, and surrounding agricultural and rural communities.
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E.
western Iowa
Western Iowa is the region of the U.S. state of Iowa encompassing its western counties, characterized by predominantly rural communities, agriculture, and small towns.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: urbanCenterFor Context triple: [Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area, urbanCenterFor, Northeastern Iowa]
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A.
urbanComponent
Indicates that something functions as a constituent part or element within an urban area or city system.
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B.
centralLocation
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or central place associated with another entity.
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C.
urbanDevelopment
Indicates the process or activities through which urban areas are planned, expanded, or transformed, including changes to infrastructure, land use, and the built environment.
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D.
urbanSuccessor
Indicates that one urban area directly follows or replaces another in a temporal or developmental sequence, serving as its successor in an urban context.
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E.
isDowntownCoreOf
Indicates that a location constitutes the central, most urbanized and commercially dense area of a larger city or metropolitan region.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbfeb889081908cddf58a57b216df |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7efdb7a08190b74e841279b59971 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abbdaa26d48190860c33fd464c4845 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.