Triple

T9593267
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WLBZ E231468 entity
Predicate serviceArea P82 FINISHED
Object eastern and central Maine
Eastern and central Maine is a largely rural region of the U.S. state of Maine that includes coastal and inland communities centered around cities such as Bangor and Augusta.
 E809122 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: eastern and central Maine | Statement: [WLBZ, serviceArea, eastern and central Maine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: eastern and central Maine
Context triple: [WLBZ, serviceArea, eastern and central Maine]
  • A. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • B. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. Northern Maine
    Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
  • D. central Maine
    Central Maine is a largely rural region of the state characterized by small towns, forests, lakes, and serving as a transitional area between the more urban south and the northern wilderness.
  • E. northwestern Maine
    Northwestern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its rugged terrain, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Canadian border.
  • 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: eastern and central Maine
Triple: [WLBZ, serviceArea, eastern and central Maine]
Generated description
Eastern and central Maine is a largely rural region of the U.S. state of Maine that includes coastal and inland communities centered around cities such as Bangor and Augusta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: eastern and central Maine
Target entity description: Eastern and central Maine is a largely rural region of the U.S. state of Maine that includes coastal and inland communities centered around cities such as Bangor and Augusta.
  • A. eastern Maine
    Eastern Maine is a largely rural region of the state of Maine centered around the city of Bangor, which serves as its primary economic and cultural hub.
  • B. western Maine
    Western Maine is a largely rural, mountainous region of Maine known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas, including parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. Northern Maine
    Northern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its potato farming, outdoor recreation, and long, harsh winters.
  • D. central Maine
    Central Maine is a largely rural region of the state characterized by small towns, forests, lakes, and serving as a transitional area between the more urban south and the northern wilderness.
  • E. northwestern Maine
    Northwestern Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of the state known for its rugged terrain, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Canadian border.
  • 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_69ca8482884481908eccdfdf64d6fbf7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a134b0c81908a568e5d2ecfbb92 completed April 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d161938e108190aea76d528f9208a2 completed April 4, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1624400b8819085b1c1a93cddc3f6 completed April 4, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d162b39c888190ae71b05ee2e132a8 completed April 4, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:07 p.m.