Triple

T23524564
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lanny McDonald E574597 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Hanna, Alberta, Canada
Hanna, Alberta, Canada is a small rural town in southeastern Alberta best known as the birthplace of NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and rock band Nickelback.
E1228093 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: Hanna, Alberta, Canada | Statement: [Lanny McDonald, placeOfBirth, Hanna, Alberta, Canada]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanna, Alberta, Canada
Context triple: [Lanny McDonald, placeOfBirth, Hanna, Alberta, Canada]
  • A. Hanna, Alberta, Canada
    Hanna, Alberta, Canada is a small rural town best known as the hometown of the rock band Nickelback.
  • B. Halkirk, Alberta, Canada
    Halkirk, Alberta, Canada is a small rural village in central Alberta best known as the birthplace of former NHL star Shane Doan.
  • C. Calahoo, Alberta, Canada
    Calahoo, Alberta, Canada is a small rural community in central Alberta best known as the birthplace of NHL player and coach Craig Berube.
  • D. Cardston, Alberta, Canada
    Cardston, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known for its historic Latter-day Saint temple and as the birthplace of actress Fay Wray.
  • E. High River, Alberta, Canada
    High River, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known as the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and for its ranching heritage and proximity to Calgary.
  • 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: Hanna, Alberta, Canada
Triple: [Lanny McDonald, placeOfBirth, Hanna, Alberta, Canada]
Generated description
Hanna, Alberta, Canada is a small rural town in southeastern Alberta best known as the birthplace of NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and rock band Nickelback.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanna, Alberta, Canada
Target entity description: Hanna, Alberta, Canada is a small rural town in southeastern Alberta best known as the birthplace of NHL Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and rock band Nickelback.
  • A. Hanna, Alberta, Canada chosen
    Hanna, Alberta, Canada is a small rural town best known as the hometown of the rock band Nickelback.
  • B. Halkirk, Alberta, Canada
    Halkirk, Alberta, Canada is a small rural village in central Alberta best known as the birthplace of former NHL star Shane Doan.
  • C. Calahoo, Alberta, Canada
    Calahoo, Alberta, Canada is a small rural community in central Alberta best known as the birthplace of NHL player and coach Craig Berube.
  • D. Cardston, Alberta, Canada
    Cardston, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known for its historic Latter-day Saint temple and as the birthplace of actress Fay Wray.
  • E. High River, Alberta, Canada
    High River, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known as the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and for its ranching heritage and proximity to Calgary.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e245bb3dcc8190ba9a2b35972b58d0 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1ac72bfb88190b7da3837e66e851c completed April 29, 2026, 7 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0cdf5013b88190a1ff302a259fc707 completed May 19, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ce0ed1cb881909a1ce386d406b824 completed May 19, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ce1a37b288190b4e9775e8be23ea9 completed May 19, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:09 p.m.