Triple

T432968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard County, Iowa E9752 entity
Predicate hasUnincorporatedCommunity P6345 FINISHED
Object Vernon Springs, Iowa
Vernon Springs, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Howard County in northeastern Iowa.
E64881 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: Vernon Springs, Iowa | Statement: [Howard County, Iowa, hasUnincorporatedCommunity, Vernon Springs, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon Springs, Iowa
Context triple: [Howard County, Iowa, hasUnincorporatedCommunity, Vernon Springs, Iowa]
  • A. Lime Springs, Iowa
    Lime Springs, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
  • B. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • C. Loveland, Iowa
    Loveland, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in western Iowa near the Missouri River.
  • D. Weston, Iowa
    Weston, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the southwestern part of the state.
  • E. Lowden, Iowa
    Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • 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: Vernon Springs, Iowa
Triple: [Howard County, Iowa, hasUnincorporatedCommunity, Vernon Springs, Iowa]
Generated description
Vernon Springs, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Howard County in northeastern Iowa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vernon Springs, Iowa
Target entity description: Vernon Springs, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Howard County in northeastern Iowa.
  • A. Lime Springs, Iowa
    Lime Springs, Iowa is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
  • B. Vinton, Iowa
    Vinton, Iowa is a small Midwestern city in Benton County known for its historic downtown and role as a local agricultural and community hub.
  • C. Loveland, Iowa
    Loveland, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in western Iowa near the Missouri River.
  • D. Weston, Iowa
    Weston, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the southwestern part of the state.
  • E. Lowden, Iowa
    Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
  • 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_69a2e801e1d48190b505d1dd336b52ac completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef084840819080653004b674cba8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4a6f8e09481909fe1b329061d1a71 completed March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4a7fd14188190b231731e6bb896f6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a856aaec8190b698ce998626f10f completed March 1, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.