Triple

T3110947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terrence Malick E64948 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Ottawa, Illinois, United States, is a small city in northern Illinois known as the birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick and for its historic role in the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
E326519 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Ottawa, Illinois, United States | Statement: [Terrence Malick, placeOfBirth, Ottawa, Illinois, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [Terrence Malick, placeOfBirth, Ottawa, Illinois, United States]
  • A. Peoria, Illinois, United States
    Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
  • B. Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States
    Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to the city.
  • C. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • D. Champaign, Illinois, United States
    Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
  • E. Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora, Illinois is a major city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, diverse population, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Triple: [Terrence Malick, placeOfBirth, Ottawa, Illinois, United States]
Generated description
Ottawa, Illinois, United States, is a small city in northern Illinois known as the birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick and for its historic role in the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ottawa, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: Ottawa, Illinois, United States, is a small city in northern Illinois known as the birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick and for its historic role in the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
  • A. Peoria, Illinois, United States
    Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
  • B. Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States
    Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States is a suburban village just north of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to the city.
  • C. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • D. Champaign, Illinois, United States
    Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
  • E. Aurora, Illinois
    Aurora, Illinois is a major city in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown, diverse population, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ad857eeaf48190b34ebfdaa7a264cf completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada43954f0819096a96331bf3c53a8 completed March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20394a8cc8190b114760079f8b0f6 completed March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2043430548190a538c183aef44b44 completed March 12, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b204c812f081908fe5733305123c0e completed March 12, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.