Triple

T7050322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silver City, Iowa E163747 entity
Predicate postalCodeRegion P222 FINISHED
Object United States ZIP code system
The United States ZIP code system is a nationwide postal coding scheme used by the U.S. Postal Service to efficiently sort and deliver mail by assigning numeric codes to geographic areas.
 E639434 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: United States ZIP code system | Statement: [Silver City, Iowa, postalCodeRegion, United States ZIP code system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States ZIP code system
Context triple: [Silver City, Iowa, postalCodeRegion, United States ZIP code system]
  • A. USPS state and territory abbreviation system
    The USPS state and territory abbreviation system is the standardized set of two-letter codes used by the United States Postal Service to identify states and territories for mail addressing and processing.
  • B. USPS Address Management System
    The USPS Address Management System is a United States Postal Service infrastructure and set of tools used to standardize, validate, and maintain accurate mailing addresses across the country.
  • C. National Location Code system
    The National Location Code system is a standardized scheme used to uniquely identify railway locations and facilities across a national rail network for operational, ticketing, and data management purposes.
  • D. Netherlands postal code system
    The Netherlands postal code system is a structured alphanumeric addressing scheme used throughout the country (including special municipalities like Saba) to precisely identify geographic locations for mail delivery.
  • E. ISO 3166-2:US
    ISO 3166-2:US is the section of the ISO 3166 standard that defines internationally recognized subdivision codes for the states and territories of the United States.
  • 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: United States ZIP code system
Triple: [Silver City, Iowa, postalCodeRegion, United States ZIP code system]
Generated description
The United States ZIP code system is a nationwide postal coding scheme used by the U.S. Postal Service to efficiently sort and deliver mail by assigning numeric codes to geographic areas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: United States ZIP code system
Target entity description: The United States ZIP code system is a nationwide postal coding scheme used by the U.S. Postal Service to efficiently sort and deliver mail by assigning numeric codes to geographic areas.
  • A. USPS state and territory abbreviation system
    The USPS state and territory abbreviation system is the standardized set of two-letter codes used by the United States Postal Service to identify states and territories for mail addressing and processing.
  • B. USPS Address Management System
    The USPS Address Management System is a United States Postal Service infrastructure and set of tools used to standardize, validate, and maintain accurate mailing addresses across the country.
  • C. National Location Code system
    The National Location Code system is a standardized scheme used to uniquely identify railway locations and facilities across a national rail network for operational, ticketing, and data management purposes.
  • D. Netherlands postal code system
    The Netherlands postal code system is a structured alphanumeric addressing scheme used throughout the country (including special municipalities like Saba) to precisely identify geographic locations for mail delivery.
  • E. ISO 3166-2:US
    ISO 3166-2:US is the section of the ISO 3166 standard that defines internationally recognized subdivision codes for the states and territories of the United States.
  • 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_69c6885f598c8190b6b6495c59d8d962 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e24e7e20819099dc8f7fa37c4491 completed March 27, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7888bba9c8190b6414b56e5588ec0 completed March 28, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c788f292a08190bf3543ecfc245d12 completed March 28, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c789a6ea988190ad2db2442f0a5e8f completed March 28, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:37 p.m.