Triple

T3164524
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hokkaido University Hospital E66178 entity
Predicate regionServed P82 FINISHED
Object Sapporo metropolitan area
The Sapporo metropolitan area is the large urban and economic center surrounding the city of Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, encompassing its suburbs and neighboring municipalities.
E386908 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: Sapporo metropolitan area | Statement: [Hokkaido University Hospital, regionServed, Sapporo metropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sapporo metropolitan area
Context triple: [Hokkaido University Hospital, regionServed, Sapporo metropolitan area]
  • A. Nagano metropolitan area
    The Nagano metropolitan area is an urban region in central Japan centered on the city of Nagano, known for its historical temples, surrounding mountains, and role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
  • B. Kyoto metropolitan area
    The Kyoto metropolitan area is a major urban and cultural region in Japan centered on the historic city of Kyoto and its surrounding municipalities.
  • C. Chūkyō metropolitan area
    The Chūkyō metropolitan area is Japan’s third-largest urban and industrial region, centered on Nagoya and known as a major hub for automotive manufacturing and international trade.
  • D. Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
    The Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in Japan’s Kansai area, centered on the cities of Osaka and Kobe and known for its dense population, industry, and cultural influence.
  • E. Tokyo metropolitan area
    The Tokyo metropolitan area is the world’s largest urban agglomeration, centered on Japan’s capital Tokyo and encompassing numerous surrounding cities and prefectures in a vast, densely populated economic and cultural hub.
  • 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: Sapporo metropolitan area
Triple: [Hokkaido University Hospital, regionServed, Sapporo metropolitan area]
Generated description
The Sapporo metropolitan area is the large urban and economic center surrounding the city of Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, encompassing its suburbs and neighboring municipalities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sapporo metropolitan area
Target entity description: The Sapporo metropolitan area is the large urban and economic center surrounding the city of Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, encompassing its suburbs and neighboring municipalities.
  • A. Nagano metropolitan area
    The Nagano metropolitan area is an urban region in central Japan centered on the city of Nagano, known for its historical temples, surrounding mountains, and role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
  • B. Kyoto metropolitan area
    The Kyoto metropolitan area is a major urban and cultural region in Japan centered on the historic city of Kyoto and its surrounding municipalities.
  • C. Chūkyō metropolitan area
    The Chūkyō metropolitan area is Japan’s third-largest urban and industrial region, centered on Nagoya and known as a major hub for automotive manufacturing and international trade.
  • D. Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
    The Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in Japan’s Kansai area, centered on the cities of Osaka and Kobe and known for its dense population, industry, and cultural influence.
  • E. Tokyo metropolitan area
    The Tokyo metropolitan area is the world’s largest urban agglomeration, centered on Japan’s capital Tokyo and encompassing numerous surrounding cities and prefectures in a vast, densely populated economic and cultural hub.
  • 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_69ad85850c1481908a9e9c6242238de2 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada61ba98881909106951c8ceeb959 completed March 8, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e4c7f8c4819097be8b80d4064806 completed March 14, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e62d284881908531b93645649f45 completed March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4ea2b19e48190864d2114603865ed completed March 14, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.