Triple
T3785731
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hiram Maxim |
E85525
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sangerville, Maine, United States
Sangerville, Maine, United States, is a small rural town best known as the birthplace of inventor Hiram Maxim, creator of the first portable fully automatic machine gun.
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E387914
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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: Sangerville, Maine, United States | Statement: [Hiram Maxim, birthPlace, Sangerville, Maine, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sangerville, Maine, United States Context triple: [Hiram Maxim, birthPlace, Sangerville, Maine, United States]
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A.
Waterville, Maine, United States
Waterville, Maine, United States, is a small city on the Kennebec River known for its historic mill heritage, Colby College, and role as the hometown of prominent politician Edmund Muskie.
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B.
Wiscasset, Maine, United States
Wiscasset, Maine, United States, is a small historic coastal town on the Sheepscot River known for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture and its role as a former regional shipping and trade center.
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C.
Greenfield, Maine
Greenfield, Maine is a small rural town located in Penobscot County in the central part of the state.
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D.
Lovell, Maine
Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
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E.
Saco, Maine, United States
Saco, Maine, United States, is a small coastal city in York County known for its historic mill district along the Saco River and its proximity to popular southern Maine beaches.
- 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: Sangerville, Maine, United States Triple: [Hiram Maxim, birthPlace, Sangerville, Maine, United States]
Generated description
Sangerville, Maine, United States, is a small rural town best known as the birthplace of inventor Hiram Maxim, creator of the first portable fully automatic machine gun.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sangerville, Maine, United States Target entity description: Sangerville, Maine, United States, is a small rural town best known as the birthplace of inventor Hiram Maxim, creator of the first portable fully automatic machine gun.
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A.
Waterville, Maine, United States
Waterville, Maine, United States, is a small city on the Kennebec River known for its historic mill heritage, Colby College, and role as the hometown of prominent politician Edmund Muskie.
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B.
Wiscasset, Maine, United States
Wiscasset, Maine, United States, is a small historic coastal town on the Sheepscot River known for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture and its role as a former regional shipping and trade center.
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C.
Greenfield, Maine
Greenfield, Maine is a small rural town located in Penobscot County in the central part of the state.
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D.
Lovell, Maine
Lovell, Maine is a small rural town in Oxford County known for its scenic lakes and mountains in western Maine.
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E.
Saco, Maine, United States
Saco, Maine, United States, is a small coastal city in York County known for its historic mill district along the Saco River and its proximity to popular southern Maine beaches.
- 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee42d2bc88190ab85529fcd1aa20a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f04a35448190a57f431ef703b1e1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4f159d7e88190a76d51378ba141d3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4f220f9388190b2c3615f713f01f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m.