Triple

T7198878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Earl Ray E168685 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Alton, Illinois, United States E96076 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: Alton, Illinois, United States | Statement: [James Earl Ray, placeOfBirth, Alton, Illinois, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alton, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [James Earl Ray, placeOfBirth, Alton, Illinois, United States]
  • A. Alton, Illinois chosen
    Alton, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in southwestern Illinois known for its limestone bluffs, Civil War and abolitionist history, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
  • B. Allerton, Illinois
    Allerton, Illinois is a small village located in eastern Illinois, known for its rural character within Champaign County.
  • C. ALTON
    ALTON is a historic market town in Hampshire, England, known for its rural surroundings and connections to the author Jane Austen.
  • D. O'Fallon, Illinois
    O'Fallon, Illinois is a growing suburban city in southwestern Illinois known for its proximity to St. Louis and Scott Air Force Base.
  • E. Alton
    Alton is a small New Hampshire town in the Lakes Region known for its access to Lake Winnipesaukee and its role as a popular seasonal vacation and recreation destination.
  • 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_69c68a5376748190bb500f03df86e93e completed March 27, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e92b8bc08190bfcdd34ce42e3448 completed March 27, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7bfac10c88190ad83da6a137abd27 completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:52 p.m.