Triple

T3486473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Louis County, Minnesota E73618 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Virginia, Minnesota
Virginia, Minnesota is a small city on the Mesabi Iron Range known historically for its iron mining industry and location in northeastern Minnesota.
E361215 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: Virginia, Minnesota | Statement: [St. Louis County, Minnesota, contains, Virginia, Minnesota]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia, Minnesota
Context triple: [St. Louis County, Minnesota, contains, Virginia, Minnesota]
  • A. Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
  • B. D. Minn.
    D. Minn. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, a federal trial court within the Eighth Circuit.
  • C. Minnesota and Wisconsin
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are two neighboring U.S. states in the Upper Midwest, known for their abundant lakes, forests, and shared border along the upper Mississippi River.
  • D. Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest known for its dairy industry, Great Lakes shorelines, and mix of rural landscapes and industrial cities.
  • E. Vermont
    Vermont is a small, rural New England state in the northeastern United States, known for its Green Mountains, maple syrup production, and picturesque towns.
  • 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: Virginia, Minnesota
Triple: [St. Louis County, Minnesota, contains, Virginia, Minnesota]
Generated description
Virginia, Minnesota is a small city on the Mesabi Iron Range known historically for its iron mining industry and location in northeastern Minnesota.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia, Minnesota
Target entity description: Virginia, Minnesota is a small city on the Mesabi Iron Range known historically for its iron mining industry and location in northeastern Minnesota.
  • A. Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state known for its numerous lakes, cold winters, and vibrant cultural and economic centers like Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
  • B. D. Minn.
    D. Minn. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, a federal trial court within the Eighth Circuit.
  • C. Minnesota and Wisconsin
    Minnesota and Wisconsin are two neighboring U.S. states in the Upper Midwest, known for their abundant lakes, forests, and shared border along the upper Mississippi River.
  • D. Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest known for its dairy industry, Great Lakes shorelines, and mix of rural landscapes and industrial cities.
  • E. Vermont
    Vermont is a small, rural New England state in the northeastern United States, known for its Green Mountains, maple syrup production, and picturesque towns.
  • 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb9059f881908f9cbe544365c8df completed March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b368248f9c81908a1905a705e57c53 completed March 13, 2026, 1:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b36a2231008190820b0c50ad2d661a completed March 13, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36a8dae1481908b10a966ebcf89b2 completed March 13, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.