Triple
T10078574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sanford, North Carolina |
E213837
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | C. O. Sanford |
E213837
|
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: C. O. Sanford | Statement: [Sanford, North Carolina, namedAfter, C. O. Sanford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. O. Sanford Context triple: [Sanford, North Carolina, namedAfter, C. O. Sanford]
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A.
C. O. Sanford
chosen
C. O. Sanford was a notable figure after whom the city of Sanford, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his influence or prominence in the region’s history.
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B.
John H. Overton
John H. Overton was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana, known for his close association with Huey P. Long and his influence in mid-20th-century Southern politics.
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C.
Persifor F. Smith
Persifor F. Smith was a 19th-century United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and later became a key military administrator in newly acquired western territories.
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D.
Holmes C. Hartfield
Holmes C. Hartfield is an author known for writing the work titled "A Call for Unity."
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E.
E. Francis Baldwin
E. Francis Baldwin was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing numerous railroad stations and other buildings for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
- 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_69ca839bf730819086900c323c9b8c95 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd030a0fc819084b523e8e63636fa |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2b6550da881908fd5311e7b46ef24 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9 p.m.