Triple

T8870077
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomasboro, Illinois E211130 entity
Predicate nearbyCity P350 FINISHED
Object Urbana, Illinois E379467 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Urbana, Illinois | Statement: [Thomasboro, Illinois, nearbyCity, Urbana, Illinois]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Urbana, Illinois
Context triple: [Thomasboro, Illinois, nearbyCity, Urbana, Illinois]
  • A. Urbana chosen
    Urbana is a city in central Illinois best known as one of the twin cities forming the home of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • B. Urbana, Illinois, United States
    Urbana, Illinois, United States is a Midwestern college town best known as home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its major research community.
  • C. Bloomington, Illinois
    Bloomington, Illinois is a central Illinois city known as a regional hub for education, insurance, and transportation, and for being home to Illinois State University (in adjacent Normal) and major corporate offices.
  • D. Champaign, Illinois, United States
    Champaign is a central Illinois city known for forming the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area and hosting the main campus of the University of Illinois.
  • E. Evanston, Illinois
    Evanston, Illinois is a suburban city directly north of Chicago, known for being the home of Northwestern University and its vibrant, diverse community along Lake Michigan.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca838d3c7c8190a849566d5afd2b11 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc61257a548190955ad71f4c8704d5 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cfc1c3c6c08190b51ea5e9cf7085e9 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:51 p.m.