Triple

T908797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burlington, Iowa, United States E19609 entity
Predicate locatedInMetropolitanArea P294 FINISHED
Object Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area
The Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area is a small cross-state urban region centered on Burlington that encompasses surrounding communities in southeastern Iowa and western Illinois for statistical and economic purposes.
E107883 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: Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area | Statement: [Burlington, Iowa, United States, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area
Context triple: [Burlington, Iowa, United States, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area]
  • A. Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
    The Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, known for housing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and serving as an educational, technological, and agricultural hub.
  • B. Iowa City metropolitan area
    The Iowa City metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Iowa City and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
    The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Cedar Rapids and its surrounding counties.
  • D. Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
    The Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, known for Illinois State University, major insurance and corporate employers, and its role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
  • E. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • 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: Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area
Triple: [Burlington, Iowa, United States, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area]
Generated description
The Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area is a small cross-state urban region centered on Burlington that encompasses surrounding communities in southeastern Iowa and western Illinois for statistical and economic purposes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area
Target entity description: The Burlington, Iowa–Illinois micropolitan area is a small cross-state urban region centered on Burlington that encompasses surrounding communities in southeastern Iowa and western Illinois for statistical and economic purposes.
  • A. Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
    The Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, known for housing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and serving as an educational, technological, and agricultural hub.
  • B. Iowa City metropolitan area
    The Iowa City metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Iowa City and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
    The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is a regional urban and economic hub in eastern Iowa centered on the city of Cedar Rapids and its surrounding counties.
  • D. Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
    The Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area is a central Illinois urban region anchored by the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, known for Illinois State University, major insurance and corporate employers, and its role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
  • E. Quad Cities (Illinois portion)
    Quad Cities (Illinois portion) refers to the Illinois side of the bi-state Quad Cities metropolitan area along the Mississippi River, primarily including the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline.
  • 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_69a4939f91a08190ba68c2c81eab90fe completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b2cee2848190b1f17e8817f092a1 completed March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf5c4acc8190a0f72ca30f187ed1 completed March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d01af3d48190a0236affa6751a0a completed March 4, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d079234881908826bf24f3c2900a completed March 4, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.