Triple

T4943055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clyde Tombaugh E110982 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Streator, Illinois, United States of America
Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
E481616 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: Streator, Illinois, United States of America | Statement: [Clyde Tombaugh, placeOfBirth, Streator, Illinois, United States of America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Streator, Illinois, United States of America
Context triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, placeOfBirth, Streator, Illinois, United States of America]
  • A. Steger, Illinois
    Steger, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area that spans both Will and Cook counties.
  • B. Rock Island, Illinois
    Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
  • C. Sterling, Illinois
    Sterling, Illinois is a small city in northwestern Illinois known historically for its manufacturing industry and location along the Rock River.
  • D. Peoria, Illinois, United States
    Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
  • E. Sherman, Illinois
    Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
  • 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: Streator, Illinois, United States of America
Triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, placeOfBirth, Streator, Illinois, United States of America]
Generated description
Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Streator, Illinois, United States of America
Target entity description: Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
  • A. Steger, Illinois
    Steger, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area that spans both Will and Cook counties.
  • B. Rock Island, Illinois
    Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
  • C. Sterling, Illinois
    Sterling, Illinois is a small city in northwestern Illinois known historically for its manufacturing industry and location along the Rock River.
  • D. Peoria, Illinois, United States
    Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
  • E. Sherman, Illinois
    Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
  • 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd70a7650c8190b046b65072fd8eae completed March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be77c421288190bcc2d9bfdfff7198 completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be79127e80819088a97e674991fc8b completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be7990fd048190b3d1acaa6e3bce90 completed March 21, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.