Triple

T15548674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fulton, Illinois E370679 entity
Predicate locatedInMetropolitanArea P294 FINISHED
Object Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area
The Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area is a small, cross-state urban region centered on Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois that functions as a shared economic and social hub for surrounding communities.
E1163866 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: Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area | Statement: [Fulton, Illinois, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area
Context triple: [Fulton, Illinois, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Washington, Iowa metropolitan area
    The Washington, Iowa metropolitan area is a small regional hub in southeastern Iowa centered on the city of Washington and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area
    The Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area, commonly known as the Quad Cities, is a bi-state urban region along the Mississippi River centered on Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Quad Cities metropolitan area
    The Quad Cities metropolitan area is a bi-state urban region along the Mississippi River centered on Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Rock Island and Moline in Illinois, known for its manufacturing base, riverfront economy, and shared cultural 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: Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area
Triple: [Fulton, Illinois, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area]
Generated description
The Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area is a small, cross-state urban region centered on Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois that functions as a shared economic and social hub for surrounding communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area
Target entity description: The Clinton, Iowa–Fulton, Illinois micropolitan area is a small, cross-state urban region centered on Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois that functions as a shared economic and social hub for surrounding communities.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Washington, Iowa metropolitan area
    The Washington, Iowa metropolitan area is a small regional hub in southeastern Iowa centered on the city of Washington and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area
    The Davenport–Moline–Rock Island metropolitan area, commonly known as the Quad Cities, is a bi-state urban region along the Mississippi River centered on Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Illinois.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Quad Cities metropolitan area
    The Quad Cities metropolitan area is a bi-state urban region along the Mississippi River centered on Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Rock Island and Moline in Illinois, known for its manufacturing base, riverfront economy, and shared cultural 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04a93121881909d88ca55a39252ac completed April 16, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff455c172c8190833274cb98667e84 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff469e47fc819099d08f780ad81bf5 completed May 9, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff47aeddac8190a87024019ecb1396 completed May 9, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.