Triple

T4304462
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Malcolm E99920 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Selden, Kansas, United States
Selden, Kansas, United States is a small rural city in Sheridan County best known as the birthplace of philosopher Norman Malcolm.
E429458 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: Selden, Kansas, United States | Statement: [Norman Malcolm, placeOfBirth, Selden, Kansas, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selden, Kansas, United States
Context triple: [Norman Malcolm, placeOfBirth, Selden, Kansas, United States]
  • A. Seneca, Kansas, USA
    Seneca, Kansas, USA is a small city in Nemaha County known for its rural Midwestern character and tight-knit community.
  • B. Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
    Leavenworth, Kansas, United States is a city best known for housing the United States Penitentiary, a major federal prison that has held numerous notorious criminals.
  • C. Salina, Kansas, United States
    Salina, Kansas, United States is a mid-sized city in central Kansas known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transportation on the Great Plains.
  • D. Ellis, Kansas, United States
    Ellis, Kansas, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the boyhood home of automotive pioneer Walter Chrysler.
  • E. Winfield, Kansas, United States
    Winfield, Kansas, United States is a small city in south-central Kansas known as the county seat of Cowley County and for hosting the annual Walnut Valley Festival.
  • 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: Selden, Kansas, United States
Triple: [Norman Malcolm, placeOfBirth, Selden, Kansas, United States]
Generated description
Selden, Kansas, United States is a small rural city in Sheridan County best known as the birthplace of philosopher Norman Malcolm.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selden, Kansas, United States
Target entity description: Selden, Kansas, United States is a small rural city in Sheridan County best known as the birthplace of philosopher Norman Malcolm.
  • A. Seneca, Kansas, USA
    Seneca, Kansas, USA is a small city in Nemaha County known for its rural Midwestern character and tight-knit community.
  • B. Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
    Leavenworth, Kansas, United States is a city best known for housing the United States Penitentiary, a major federal prison that has held numerous notorious criminals.
  • C. Salina, Kansas, United States
    Salina, Kansas, United States is a mid-sized city in central Kansas known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transportation on the Great Plains.
  • D. Ellis, Kansas, United States
    Ellis, Kansas, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the boyhood home of automotive pioneer Walter Chrysler.
  • E. Winfield, Kansas, United States
    Winfield, Kansas, United States is a small city in south-central Kansas known as the county seat of Cowley County and for hosting the annual Walnut Valley Festival.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350b8e1cc819094ce3d6f6c8da767 completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c7507f1081909cf737dff00542d9 completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5c909b7848190bbe00249e0c9e555 completed March 14, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5c97117088190972bba5dbc1553f7 completed March 14, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:09 p.m.