Triple

T6868678
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mattoon, Illinois E158481 entity
Predicate demographicRegion P7929 FINISHED
Object Midwestern United States E405 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Midwestern United States | Statement: [Mattoon, Illinois, demographicRegion, Midwestern United States]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Midwestern United States
Context triple: [Mattoon, Illinois, demographicRegion, Midwestern United States]
  • A. Midwestern United States chosen
    The Midwestern United States is a region of the country known for its agricultural heartland, major industrial cities, and central role in American culture and history.
  • B. Midwest Region
    The Midwest Region is one of the four geographic brackets used to organize teams and games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
  • C. Central Plains region
    The Central Plains region is a key economic and cultural heartland of China, centered around the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and encompassing major inland cities and agricultural areas.
  • D. Central United States
    The Central United States is a broad region of the country that spans the middle portion of the contiguous U.S., encompassing parts of the Midwest, Great Plains, and South.
  • E. Middle West
    Middle West is an independent record label known for releasing music by projects such as Justin Vernon’s blues-rock band The Shouting Matches.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68831e3648190a643c328122e4d43 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d8a793a481909340239c065393a4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c748b977948190b60a85b93d61794a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:22 p.m.