Triple

T3509160
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Washington County, Maine E74153 entity
Predicate hasCountySeat P383 FINISHED
Object Machias, Maine
Machias, Maine is a small coastal town in Down East Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and as a regional service and educational center.
E841362 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: Machias, Maine | Statement: [Washington County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Machias, Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machias, Maine
Context triple: [Washington County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Machias, Maine]
  • A. Porter, Maine
    Porter, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic setting near the New Hampshire border and its traditional New England character.
  • B. Waterford, Maine
    Waterford, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its lakes, forests, and traditional New England village character.
  • C. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • D. Damariscotta, Maine
    Damariscotta, Maine is a small coastal town in Lincoln County known for its historic waterfront, oyster farming, and scenic location along the Damariscotta River.
  • E. Shapleigh, Maine
    Shapleigh, Maine is a small rural town in southwestern Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
  • 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: Machias, Maine
Triple: [Washington County, Maine, hasCountySeat, Machias, Maine]
Generated description
Machias, Maine is a small coastal town in Down East Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and as a regional service and educational center.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machias, Maine
Target entity description: Machias, Maine is a small coastal town in Down East Maine known for its historic role in the American Revolution and as a regional service and educational center.
  • A. Porter, Maine
    Porter, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic setting near the New Hampshire border and its traditional New England character.
  • B. Waterford, Maine
    Waterford, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its lakes, forests, and traditional New England village character.
  • C. Lovell, Maine
    Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
  • D. Damariscotta, Maine
    Damariscotta, Maine is a small coastal town in Lincoln County known for its historic waterfront, oyster farming, and scenic location along the Damariscotta River.
  • E. Shapleigh, Maine
    Shapleigh, Maine is a small rural town in southwestern Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
  • 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc0cc394819087a9b598023f4f93 completed March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b54de2cc8190b14e3e726b4e9384 completed April 5, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b9b6c3f8819092958f3988be5c5e completed April 5, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ba151f6881909213e53f00c24bb9 completed April 5, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.