Triple

T8393285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grand Forks metropolitan area E197993 entity
Predicate crosses P416 FINISHED
Object North Dakota–Minnesota border
The North Dakota–Minnesota border is the state line in the northern United States largely defined by the Red River of the North, separating North Dakota to the west from Minnesota to the east.
E730946 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: North Dakota–Minnesota border | Statement: [Grand Forks metropolitan area, crosses, North Dakota–Minnesota border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Dakota–Minnesota border
Context triple: [Grand Forks metropolitan area, crosses, North Dakota–Minnesota border]
  • A. South Dakota–North Dakota border
    The South Dakota–North Dakota border is the straight east–west state line separating South Dakota and North Dakota in the north-central United States.
  • B. Minnesota–South Dakota border
    The Minnesota–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States separating Minnesota and South Dakota, much of which follows natural features such as rivers and survey lines across the prairie.
  • C. Iowa–Minnesota border
    The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.
  • D. Nebraska–South Dakota border
    The Nebraska–South Dakota border is a U.S. state boundary running largely along the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the south from South Dakota to the north.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: North Dakota–Minnesota border
Triple: [Grand Forks metropolitan area, crosses, North Dakota–Minnesota border]
Generated description
The North Dakota–Minnesota border is the state line in the northern United States largely defined by the Red River of the North, separating North Dakota to the west from Minnesota to the east.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Dakota–Minnesota border
Target entity description: The North Dakota–Minnesota border is the state line in the northern United States largely defined by the Red River of the North, separating North Dakota to the west from Minnesota to the east.
  • A. South Dakota–North Dakota border
    The South Dakota–North Dakota border is the straight east–west state line separating South Dakota and North Dakota in the north-central United States.
  • B. Minnesota–South Dakota border
    The Minnesota–South Dakota border is the state line in the north-central United States separating Minnesota and South Dakota, much of which follows natural features such as rivers and survey lines across the prairie.
  • C. Iowa–Minnesota border
    The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.
  • D. Nebraska–South Dakota border
    The Nebraska–South Dakota border is a U.S. state boundary running largely along the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the south from South Dakota to the north.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb8184788081909e9857afff629985 completed March 31, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde856a6548190b46e0d8e5cda381b completed April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfc63e8819087f5c1d588b58e21 completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded77618c81909e8786ccd2f3e4b6 completed April 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:03 p.m.