Triple
T5164082
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Irondale rail yard |
E116506
|
entity |
| Predicate | serves |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object | greater Birmingham area |
E2492
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: greater Birmingham area | Statement: [Irondale rail yard, serves, greater Birmingham area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: greater Birmingham area Context triple: [Irondale rail yard, serves, greater Birmingham area]
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A.
Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
chosen
The Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in central Alabama centered on the cities of Birmingham and Hoover and their surrounding communities.
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B.
Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham
The Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham was a former local government district in England that encompassed the rapidly industrializing city of Birmingham and its surrounding areas before later administrative reorganization.
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C.
Birmingham city centre
Birmingham city centre is the main commercial, retail, and cultural hub of Birmingham, England, known for its shopping districts, business quarters, and major transport links.
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D.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial city in England’s West Midlands, historically significant for its manufacturing heritage and heavy bombing during the Second World War.
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E.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a major industrial and cultural city in the southern United States, known historically for its steel production and pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd445edb3881909b93b34d260717fc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd792936d48190825da8826448c1da |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed933abd88190981cb16189685b8f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:44 p.m.