Triple
T12455851
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mason City, Iowa |
E297655
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family)
Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) refers to the Mason family lineage associated with the West Virginia community whose name was later used for Mason City, Iowa.
|
E983326
|
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: Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) | Statement: [Mason City, Iowa, namedAfter, Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) Context triple: [Mason City, Iowa, namedAfter, Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family)]
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A.
Masontown, West Virginia
Masontown, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Preston County in the north-central part of the state.
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B.
Maysville, West Virginia
Maysville, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community that serves as the county seat of Grant County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
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D.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Moundsville, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River known for its historic West Virginia Penitentiary and its role as a regional industrial and cultural center.
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E.
Mathias, West Virginia
Mathias, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in the Appalachian region of eastern West Virginia.
- 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: Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) Triple: [Mason City, Iowa, namedAfter, Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family)]
Generated description
Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) refers to the Mason family lineage associated with the West Virginia community whose name was later used for Mason City, Iowa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) Target entity description: Mason City, West Virginia (Mason family) refers to the Mason family lineage associated with the West Virginia community whose name was later used for Mason City, Iowa.
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A.
Masontown, West Virginia
Masontown, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Preston County in the north-central part of the state.
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B.
Maysville, West Virginia
Maysville, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community that serves as the county seat of Grant County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
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D.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Moundsville, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River known for its historic West Virginia Penitentiary and its role as a regional industrial and cultural center.
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E.
Mathias, West Virginia
Mathias, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in the Appalachian region of eastern West Virginia.
- 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_69d6ada166c48190b902972cd2408fa3 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94da2a3cc81908de5a85257627fe2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63f190c788190adceaab8117d52a6 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6405f9f6481909bcc3b2e3deeae7e |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6416ba1bc8190a772bffe4d83ec15 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.