Triple

T7448508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vermilion County, Illinois E171944 entity
Predicate locatedInRegion P40 FINISHED
Object eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
E667980 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: eastern Illinois | Statement: [Vermilion County, Illinois, locatedInRegion, eastern Illinois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Illinois
Context triple: [Vermilion County, Illinois, locatedInRegion, eastern Illinois]
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • D. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • E. western Illinois
    Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small cities, agricultural communities, and its location along the Mississippi River opposite southeastern Iowa.
  • 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: eastern Illinois
Triple: [Vermilion County, Illinois, locatedInRegion, eastern Illinois]
Generated description
Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Illinois
Target entity description: Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.
  • A. southern Illinois
    Southern Illinois is a predominantly rural region of the U.S. state of Illinois known for its small towns, agricultural economy, and cultural ties to the neighboring Midwestern and Southern states.
  • B. Central Illinois
    Central Illinois is a predominantly rural and small-city region in the middle of the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by its agricultural economy and mid-sized urban centers such as Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana.
  • C. northern Illinois
    Northern Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that includes the area around Rockford and the far north counties bordering Wisconsin.
  • D. Northeastern Illinois
    Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
  • E. western Illinois
    Western Illinois is a predominantly rural region of Illinois characterized by small cities, agricultural communities, and its location along the Mississippi River opposite southeastern Iowa.
  • 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_69c68a65402881908f7869368eb746fb completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f389ddd48190a4b8753c67220c4f completed March 27, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83c57e1d0819081562638236debce completed March 28, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83e244d408190b96b1db58e754a88 completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c83e9189e4819093a8fe97895e2f9f completed March 28, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.