Triple

T4614004
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ask Media Group E100823 entity
Predicate basedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)
Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations) is a major port city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its diverse population, vibrant arts and food scenes, and significant role in regional commerce and technology.
E455739 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: Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations) | Statement: [Ask Media Group, basedIn, Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)
Context triple: [Ask Media Group, basedIn, Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)]
  • A. Mountain View, California, United States
    Mountain View, California, United States is a Silicon Valley city known as a major technology hub and home to numerous high-profile tech companies.
  • B. Foster City, California
    Foster City, California is a planned waterfront suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its extensive lagoon system, residential communities, and tech-industry presence.
  • C. East Palo Alto, California
    East Palo Alto, California is a small, historically diverse city in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major tech hubs.
  • D. Oakland, Oregon
    Oakland, Oregon is a small historic city in southern Oregon known for its well-preserved 19th-century downtown and rural, agricultural surroundings.
  • E. Emeryville, California
    Emeryville, California is a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area best known as the longtime home of Pixar Animation Studios and a hub for tech and creative industries.
  • 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: Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)
Triple: [Ask Media Group, basedIn, Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)]
Generated description
Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations) is a major port city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its diverse population, vibrant arts and food scenes, and significant role in regional commerce and technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations)
Target entity description: Oakland, California (commonly associated with Ask.com operations) is a major port city in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its diverse population, vibrant arts and food scenes, and significant role in regional commerce and technology.
  • A. Mountain View, California, United States
    Mountain View, California, United States is a Silicon Valley city known as a major technology hub and home to numerous high-profile tech companies.
  • B. Foster City, California
    Foster City, California is a planned waterfront suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its extensive lagoon system, residential communities, and tech-industry presence.
  • C. East Palo Alto, California
    East Palo Alto, California is a small, historically diverse city in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major tech hubs.
  • D. Oakland, Oregon
    Oakland, Oregon is a small historic city in southern Oregon known for its well-preserved 19th-century downtown and rural, agricultural surroundings.
  • E. Emeryville, California
    Emeryville, California is a small city in the San Francisco Bay Area best known as the longtime home of Pixar Animation Studios and a hub for tech and creative industries.
  • 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_69bd43cf363c819087fd5ab441b4a3f4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59c2678c8190ab8f9420e866521d completed March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa895b7481909e54cfa56a54c8dc completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb83b5d08190b2d8502e763a0841 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc105e6c8190b21e3c8e7076e9ff completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.