Triple

T9096454
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Charles County, Missouri E218032 entity
Predicate partOfStatisticalArea P294 FINISHED
Object St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area
The St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area is a multi-county, bi-state U.S. region centered on the St. Louis metropolitan area, encompassing parts of eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois for demographic and economic analysis.
E777893 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: St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area | Statement: [St. Charles County, Missouri, partOfStatisticalArea, St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area
Context triple: [St. Charles County, Missouri, partOfStatisticalArea, St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area]
  • A. St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
    The St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) is the segment of the greater St. Louis metro region located in southwestern Illinois, encompassing cities and suburbs such as Belleville and East St. Louis that are economically and socially integrated with St. Louis, Missouri.
  • B. Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area
    The Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area is a regional urban hub in southwestern Missouri centered on the city of Springfield and encompassing several surrounding counties and communities.
  • C. Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area
    The Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area is a U.S. Census-defined region centered on the city of Quincy that spans parts of western Illinois and northeastern Missouri.
  • D. St. Charles, Missouri
    St. Charles, Missouri is a historic city on the Missouri River known as the site of Missouri’s first state capital and a key starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area
Triple: [St. Charles County, Missouri, partOfStatisticalArea, St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area]
Generated description
The St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area is a multi-county, bi-state U.S. region centered on the St. Louis metropolitan area, encompassing parts of eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois for demographic and economic analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area
Target entity description: The St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area is a multi-county, bi-state U.S. region centered on the St. Louis metropolitan area, encompassing parts of eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois for demographic and economic analysis.
  • A. St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
    The St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion) is the segment of the greater St. Louis metro region located in southwestern Illinois, encompassing cities and suburbs such as Belleville and East St. Louis that are economically and socially integrated with St. Louis, Missouri.
  • B. Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area
    The Springfield, Missouri metropolitan area is a regional urban hub in southwestern Missouri centered on the city of Springfield and encompassing several surrounding counties and communities.
  • C. Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area
    The Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area is a U.S. Census-defined region centered on the city of Quincy that spans parts of western Illinois and northeastern Missouri.
  • D. St. Charles, Missouri
    St. Charles, Missouri is a historic city on the Missouri River known as the site of Missouri’s first state capital and a key starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ca83d9844081908e561e367fda6d45 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc96b7d0d48190a3b15f35bef087e3 completed April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0180f70b88190a2d3dc49f32f0c2e completed April 3, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d019652fe8819096cccb8cff431261 completed April 3, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d01a290de881909482b7eb70bef0e3 completed April 3, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.