Triple

T3197436
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northeastern Iowa E66966 entity
Predicate containsSettlement P847 FINISHED
Object Postville, Iowa
Postville, Iowa is a small, historically agricultural town in northeastern Iowa known for its diverse immigrant population and meatpacking industry.
E336749 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: Postville, Iowa | Statement: [Northeastern Iowa, containsSettlement, Postville, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postville, Iowa
Context triple: [Northeastern Iowa, containsSettlement, Postville, Iowa]
  • A. Postville
    Postville is a small Inuit community in northern Labrador, Canada, located within the self-governing Inuit region of Nunatsiavut.
  • B. Springville, Iowa
    Springville, Iowa is a small incorporated city located in eastern Iowa within the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
  • C. Washington, Iowa
    Washington, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, agricultural surroundings, and role as a local commercial and cultural hub.
  • D. Stockton, Iowa
    Stockton, Iowa is a small rural city located in Muscatine County in eastern Iowa, United States.
  • E. Sioux City, Iowa
    Sioux City, Iowa is a regional economic and cultural hub in northwestern Iowa located along the Missouri River near the borders of Nebraska and South Dakota.
  • 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: Postville, Iowa
Triple: [Northeastern Iowa, containsSettlement, Postville, Iowa]
Generated description
Postville, Iowa is a small, historically agricultural town in northeastern Iowa known for its diverse immigrant population and meatpacking industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postville, Iowa
Target entity description: Postville, Iowa is a small, historically agricultural town in northeastern Iowa known for its diverse immigrant population and meatpacking industry.
  • A. Postville
    Postville is a small Inuit community in northern Labrador, Canada, located within the self-governing Inuit region of Nunatsiavut.
  • B. Springville, Iowa
    Springville, Iowa is a small incorporated city located in eastern Iowa within the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
  • C. Washington, Iowa
    Washington, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, agricultural surroundings, and role as a local commercial and cultural hub.
  • D. Stockton, Iowa
    Stockton, Iowa is a small rural city located in Muscatine County in eastern Iowa, United States.
  • E. Sioux City, Iowa
    Sioux City, Iowa is a regional economic and cultural hub in northwestern Iowa located along the Missouri River near the borders of Nebraska and South Dakota.
  • 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b24bb7cd488190ae95c140d9cda296 completed March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b24d39e77c8190818f71a3298852d7 completed March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b25178f3c08190be78bdbd0cdfc5f3 completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.