Triple

T4103372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area E88391 entity
Predicate containsCity P294 FINISHED
Object Johnston
Johnston is a suburban city in central Iowa, United States, known for hosting the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and several major corporate offices.
 E413837 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: Johnston | Statement: [Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area, containsCity, Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Johnston
Context triple: [Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area, containsCity, Johnston]
  • A. Johnston
    Johnston is a surname and given name of Scottish and Irish origin, commonly used as a variant of Johnson.
  • B. Johnston
    Johnston is a suburban town in Providence County, Rhode Island, known for hosting several state government facilities and a mix of residential and commercial areas.
  • C. New Johnston
    New Johnston is a modernized sans-serif typeface developed as an updated version of the original Johnston design used for London’s public transport system.
  • D. Jennings
    Jennings is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, sports, politics, and entertainment.
  • E. Jackston
    Jackston is an alternative spelling or variant form of the given name or surname Jackson.
  • 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: Johnston
Triple: [Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area, containsCity, Johnston]
Generated description
Johnston is a suburban city in central Iowa, United States, known for hosting the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and several major corporate offices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Johnston
Target entity description: Johnston is a suburban city in central Iowa, United States, known for hosting the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard and several major corporate offices.
  • A. Johnston
    Johnston is a surname and given name of Scottish and Irish origin, commonly used as a variant of Johnson.
  • B. Johnston
    Johnston is a suburban town in Providence County, Rhode Island, known for hosting several state government facilities and a mix of residential and commercial areas.
  • C. New Johnston
    New Johnston is a modernized sans-serif typeface developed as an updated version of the original Johnston design used for London’s public transport system.
  • D. Jennings
    Jennings is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, sports, politics, and entertainment.
  • E. Jackston
    Jackston is an alternative spelling or variant form of the given name or surname Jackson.
  • 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_69aed9484fb881909146f4c772ad277c completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefd116dac8190952cb2ddf63216ec completed March 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b7a917c8190914a5ffe1297fdc8 completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56cbf12348190836f79e509468a3d completed March 14, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b570aef9008190bf8ef2deb00178ae completed March 14, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.