Triple
T2894407
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Foster Wallace |
E63902
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ithaca, New York, United States |
E1105
|
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: Ithaca, New York, United States | Statement: [David Foster Wallace, placeOfBirth, Ithaca, New York, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ithaca, New York, United States Context triple: [David Foster Wallace, placeOfBirth, Ithaca, New York, United States]
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A.
Ithaca, New York, United States
chosen
Ithaca, New York, United States is a small city in the Finger Lakes region best known as the home of Cornell University and a historic center of academic and scientific research.
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B.
Ithaca
Ithaca is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Ithaca metropolitan area
The Ithaca metropolitan area is a small metropolitan region in central New York State centered on the city of Ithaca and home to institutions like Cornell University and Ithaca College.
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D.
Ithaca Commons
Ithaca Commons is a popular pedestrian shopping and dining district in downtown Ithaca, New York, known for its local boutiques, restaurants, and community events.
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E.
Stony Brook, New York
Stony Brook, New York is a suburban hamlet on Long Island best known as the home of Stony Brook University and its associated research and medical institutions.
- 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0fc5925a481908e89f51ad4056708 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.