Triple

T3624614
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area E76806 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Illinois metropolitan areas
Illinois metropolitan areas are the officially defined urban and surrounding regions within the state of Illinois that encompass its major cities and their economic, social, and commuting zones.
 E372641 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: Illinois metropolitan areas | Statement: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, partOf, Illinois metropolitan areas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois metropolitan areas
Context triple: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, partOf, Illinois metropolitan areas]
  • A. Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area
    The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area is a regional metropolitan zone in the Midwestern and Southern United States centered around the city of Evansville and spanning portions of these three neighboring states.
  • B. Chicago metropolitan area
    The Chicago metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban and economic region centered on the city of Chicago, encompassing numerous surrounding suburbs across northeastern Illinois and parts of neighboring states.
  • C. Peoria metropolitan area
    The Peoria metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic center in central Illinois anchored by the city of Peoria and its surrounding communities.
  • D. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • E. Springfield metropolitan area
    The Springfield metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in western New England centered on the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
  • 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: Illinois metropolitan areas
Triple: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, partOf, Illinois metropolitan areas]
Generated description
Illinois metropolitan areas are the officially defined urban and surrounding regions within the state of Illinois that encompass its major cities and their economic, social, and commuting zones.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Illinois metropolitan areas
Target entity description: Illinois metropolitan areas are the officially defined urban and surrounding regions within the state of Illinois that encompass its major cities and their economic, social, and commuting zones.
  • A. Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area
    The Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area is a regional metropolitan zone in the Midwestern and Southern United States centered around the city of Evansville and spanning portions of these three neighboring states.
  • B. Chicago metropolitan area
    The Chicago metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban and economic region centered on the city of Chicago, encompassing numerous surrounding suburbs across northeastern Illinois and parts of neighboring states.
  • C. Peoria metropolitan area
    The Peoria metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic center in central Illinois anchored by the city of Peoria and its surrounding communities.
  • D. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • E. Springfield metropolitan area
    The Springfield metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in western New England centered on the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
  • 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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc2d9845c8190ad65b2471000dfa0 completed March 8, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4332260cc8190964a15bfee0a3b61 completed March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b435af0f688190ac82dccd487747af completed March 13, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b43620aee48190953a413ece0d51fa completed March 13, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.