Triple
T3339402
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James A. Van Allen |
E70221
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of pioneering space scientist James A. Van Allen.
|
E349080
|
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: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States | Statement: [James A. Van Allen, placeOfBirth, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States Context triple: [James A. Van Allen, placeOfBirth, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States]
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A.
Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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B.
Martelle, Iowa
Martelle, Iowa is a small rural city located in Jones County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.
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D.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Mount Vernon, Iowa is a small city in eastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, hilly landscape, and as the home of Cornell College.
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E.
Ainsworth, Iowa
Ainsworth, Iowa is a small rural city in southeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
- 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: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States Triple: [James A. Van Allen, placeOfBirth, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States]
Generated description
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of pioneering space scientist James A. Van Allen.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States Target entity description: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of pioneering space scientist James A. Van Allen.
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A.
Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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B.
Martelle, Iowa
Martelle, Iowa is a small rural city located in Jones County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.
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D.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Mount Vernon, Iowa is a small city in eastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, hilly landscape, and as the home of Cornell College.
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E.
Ainsworth, Iowa
Ainsworth, Iowa is a small rural city in southeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
- 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb1bf1f648190993ac8e9dda60983 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a8ccc408190bae65d2d1a4d77bd |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31aded5808190afbe4ae3ddb70428 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31c4665c081908d96878fc257fb76 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.