Triple

T18686025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plymouth County, Iowa E456864 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Merrill, Iowa
Merrill, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa situated along the Floyd River in Plymouth County.
E1337079 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: Merrill, Iowa | Statement: [Plymouth County, Iowa, contains, Merrill, Iowa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrill, Iowa
Context triple: [Plymouth County, Iowa, contains, Merrill, Iowa]
  • A. McClelland, Iowa
    McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
  • B. Malvern, Iowa
    Malvern, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its historic downtown, community events, and role as a local agricultural and residential hub.
  • C. Melvin, Iowa
    Melvin, Iowa is a small rural city located in northwestern Iowa within Osceola County.
  • D. Milford, Iowa
    Milford, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known as the "Gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes," serving as a local hub near the popular Okoboji vacation area.
  • E. Bremer, Iowa
    Bremer, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located within Bremer County in the northeastern part of the state.
  • 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: Merrill, Iowa
Triple: [Plymouth County, Iowa, contains, Merrill, Iowa]
Generated description
Merrill, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa situated along the Floyd River in Plymouth County.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merrill, Iowa
Target entity description: Merrill, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa situated along the Floyd River in Plymouth County.
  • A. McClelland, Iowa
    McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
  • B. Malvern, Iowa
    Malvern, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its historic downtown, community events, and role as a local agricultural and residential hub.
  • C. Melvin, Iowa
    Melvin, Iowa is a small rural city located in northwestern Iowa within Osceola County.
  • D. Milford, Iowa
    Milford, Iowa is a small city in northwestern Iowa known as the "Gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes," serving as a local hub near the popular Okoboji vacation area.
  • E. Bremer, Iowa
    Bremer, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located within Bremer County in the northeastern part of the state.
  • 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e55b2c58188190b906c9ab080a76ff completed April 19, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05235a0d488190a3a5d01822f45e08 completed May 14, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05248c12d88190abb947a37b7d180c completed May 14, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a052523e1588190a365dc093d8352a1 completed May 14, 2026, 1:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.