Triple

T776990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hawarden, Iowa E16407 entity
Predicate borderFeature P1896 FINISHED
Object Iowa–South Dakota border
The Iowa–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States that largely follows the course of the Big Sioux River, separating Iowa from South Dakota.
E91942 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: Iowa–South Dakota border | Statement: [Hawarden, Iowa, borderFeature, Iowa–South Dakota border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa–South Dakota border
Context triple: [Hawarden, Iowa, borderFeature, Iowa–South Dakota border]
  • A. Siouxland region
    The Siouxland region is a tri-state area in the upper Midwest of the United States, centered around Sioux City and encompassing parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
  • B. Iowa
    Iowa is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its extensive agriculture, especially corn and soybean production, and its role in national politics through the Iowa caucuses.
  • C. Nebraska–Iowa region
    The Nebraska–Iowa region is a bi-state area in the central United States that encompasses communities and economic activity spanning the border between eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, including the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
  • D. Yankton, South Dakota, United States
    Yankton is a small city in southeastern South Dakota known as a historic Missouri River port and the birthplace of NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri.
  • E. Southwestern Iowa
    Southwestern Iowa is a region of the U.S. state of Iowa that encompasses several counties, including Pottawattamie County, and is characterized by its mix of agricultural land, small cities, and proximity to the Missouri River and Omaha metropolitan area.
  • 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: Iowa–South Dakota border
Triple: [Hawarden, Iowa, borderFeature, Iowa–South Dakota border]
Generated description
The Iowa–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States that largely follows the course of the Big Sioux River, separating Iowa from South Dakota.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa–South Dakota border
Target entity description: The Iowa–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States that largely follows the course of the Big Sioux River, separating Iowa from South Dakota.
  • A. Siouxland region
    The Siouxland region is a tri-state area in the upper Midwest of the United States, centered around Sioux City and encompassing parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
  • B. Iowa
    Iowa is a Midwestern U.S. state known for its extensive agriculture, especially corn and soybean production, and its role in national politics through the Iowa caucuses.
  • C. Nebraska–Iowa region
    The Nebraska–Iowa region is a bi-state area in the central United States that encompasses communities and economic activity spanning the border between eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, including the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
  • D. Yankton, South Dakota, United States
    Yankton is a small city in southeastern South Dakota known as a historic Missouri River port and the birthplace of NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri.
  • E. Southwestern Iowa
    Southwestern Iowa is a region of the U.S. state of Iowa that encompasses several counties, including Pottawattamie County, and is characterized by its mix of agricultural land, small cities, and proximity to the Missouri River and Omaha metropolitan area.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a733add08190bccd99cf9ec9096e completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66d9dd9b48190ba7fae75db01c114 completed March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a66f03f1e88190a2a7cdbe57f57bc2 completed March 3, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66fa5123c819085ee7cef0c7013c9 completed March 3, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.