Triple
T21198251
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway |
E522381
|
entity |
| Predicate | servedCity |
P3936
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mason City, Iowa |
E297655
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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, Iowa | Statement: [Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, servedCity, Mason City, Iowa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mason City, Iowa Context triple: [Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, servedCity, Mason City, Iowa]
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A.
Mason City
Mason City is a northern Iowa city known as the "River City," recognized for its musical heritage and notable Prairie School architecture, including works by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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B.
Mason City, Iowa, United States
chosen
Mason City, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern city best known as the hometown of composer and playwright Meredith Willson, creator of the musical "The Music Man."
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C.
Washington, Iowa
Washington, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, agricultural surroundings, and role as a local commercial and cultural hub.
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D.
Marshalltown
Marshalltown is a city in central Iowa that serves as a regional hub for industry, commerce, and transportation.
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E.
Marshalltown
Marshalltown is an inner-city commercial and business district located within Johannesburg’s central business area in South Africa.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69e0b51061388190aa03f19700d3ef04 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7333d6dec8190bbc66a71b31ea559 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0997f119b08190aa7df6c1d0b83826 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:16 p.m.