Triple
T5303052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James M. McPherson |
E120029
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Valley City, North Dakota, United States
Valley City, North Dakota, United States, is a small city in Barnes County known for its historic bridges and scenic location along the Sheyenne River.
|
E509616
|
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: Valley City, North Dakota, United States | Statement: [James M. McPherson, placeOfBirth, Valley City, North Dakota, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Valley City, North Dakota, United States Context triple: [James M. McPherson, placeOfBirth, Valley City, North Dakota, United States]
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A.
Minot, North Dakota
Minot, North Dakota is a small city in north-central North Dakota known as a regional economic and transportation hub, particularly for rail and highway travel, and for hosting the Minot Air Force Base.
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B.
Veendam, North Dakota
Veendam, North Dakota is a small community in the United States named after and twinned with the Dutch town of Veendam.
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C.
North Sioux City, South Dakota
North Sioux City is a small city in southeastern South Dakota, located near the borders with Iowa and Nebraska and forming part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.
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D.
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota is a city in the northeastern part of the state known for its Air Force base, regional university, and role as a strategic military and economic center in the Upper Midwest.
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E.
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota is the largest city in the state and a regional economic, cultural, and educational hub located along the Red River in the eastern part of North Dakota.
- 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: Valley City, North Dakota, United States Triple: [James M. McPherson, placeOfBirth, Valley City, North Dakota, United States]
Generated description
Valley City, North Dakota, United States, is a small city in Barnes County known for its historic bridges and scenic location along the Sheyenne River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Valley City, North Dakota, United States Target entity description: Valley City, North Dakota, United States, is a small city in Barnes County known for its historic bridges and scenic location along the Sheyenne River.
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A.
Minot, North Dakota
Minot, North Dakota is a small city in north-central North Dakota known as a regional economic and transportation hub, particularly for rail and highway travel, and for hosting the Minot Air Force Base.
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B.
Veendam, North Dakota
Veendam, North Dakota is a small community in the United States named after and twinned with the Dutch town of Veendam.
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C.
North Sioux City, South Dakota
North Sioux City is a small city in southeastern South Dakota, located near the borders with Iowa and Nebraska and forming part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.
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D.
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota is a city in the northeastern part of the state known for its Air Force base, regional university, and role as a strategic military and economic center in the Upper Midwest.
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E.
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota is the largest city in the state and a regional economic, cultural, and educational hub located along the Red River in the eastern part of North Dakota.
- 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_69bd44704be88190acdb2ac481b0ff55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd851b685c8190b7ed8c762a807395 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10f3b9ac81909cd2ca2278b11d3e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf11635b9c819092130c46caea9306 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf11e982d08190bc74312bf6ee7127 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.