Triple

T3686882
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area E78245 entity
Predicate principalCity P3940 FINISHED
Object Marion, Illinois
Marion, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and transportation in the area.
E527761 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: Marion, Illinois | Statement: [Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area, principalCity, Marion, Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marion, Illinois
Context triple: [Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area, principalCity, Marion, Illinois]
  • A. Montgomery, Illinois
    Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
  • B. Roanoke, Illinois
    Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
  • C. Morrison, Illinois
    Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
  • D. Elwood, Illinois
    Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
  • E. Marseilles, Illinois
    Marseilles, Illinois is a small city along the Illinois River in LaSalle County known for its historic canal-era roots and proximity to Starved Rock State Park.
  • 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: Marion, Illinois
Triple: [Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area, principalCity, Marion, Illinois]
Generated description
Marion, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and transportation in the area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marion, Illinois
Target entity description: Marion, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and transportation in the area.
  • A. Montgomery, Illinois
    Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
  • B. Roanoke, Illinois
    Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
  • C. Morrison, Illinois
    Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
  • D. Elwood, Illinois
    Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
  • E. Marseilles, Illinois
    Marseilles, Illinois is a small city along the Illinois River in LaSalle County known for its historic canal-era roots and proximity to Starved Rock State Park.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4c7e2bc81909356c8b0ed90feed completed March 8, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c01f036b7881908a555ff18ca5a9af completed March 22, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c01f6bd35c819084fa0f704c7d78f0 completed March 22, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0204d53bc819097153b73b6490235 completed March 22, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.