Triple

T102987
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Durham County, North Carolina E2079 entity
Predicate hasMajorHighway P385 FINISHED
Object U.S. Route 501
U.S. Route 501 is a U.S. Highway running through Virginia and North Carolina that serves as a key north–south transportation corridor connecting cities such as Durham and Myrtle Beach.
E63528 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: U.S. Route 501 | Statement: [Durham County, North Carolina, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 501]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 501
Context triple: [Durham County, North Carolina, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 501]
  • A. U.S. Route 460
    U.S. Route 460 is a major east–west U.S. highway running through several states in the eastern United States, connecting communities in the Appalachian region to larger urban and transportation networks.
  • B. U.S. Route 75
    U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
  • C. U.S. Route 50 Business
    U.S. Route 50 Business is a business loop of U.S. Route 50 that serves local traffic and commercial areas in and around Pueblo, Colorado.
  • D. U.S. Route 34
    U.S. Route 34 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Colorado through the Midwest to Illinois, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • E. U.S. Route 19
    U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
  • 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: U.S. Route 501
Triple: [Durham County, North Carolina, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 501]
Generated description
U.S. Route 501 is a U.S. Highway running through Virginia and North Carolina that serves as a key north–south transportation corridor connecting cities such as Durham and Myrtle Beach.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 501
Target entity description: U.S. Route 501 is a U.S. Highway running through Virginia and North Carolina that serves as a key north–south transportation corridor connecting cities such as Durham and Myrtle Beach.
  • A. U.S. Route 460
    U.S. Route 460 is a major east–west U.S. highway running through several states in the eastern United States, connecting communities in the Appalachian region to larger urban and transportation networks.
  • B. U.S. Route 75
    U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
  • C. U.S. Route 50 Business
    U.S. Route 50 Business is a business loop of U.S. Route 50 that serves local traffic and commercial areas in and around Pueblo, Colorado.
  • D. U.S. Route 34
    U.S. Route 34 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Colorado through the Midwest to Illinois, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
  • E. U.S. Route 19
    U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
  • 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a256a9bd5881909f7d87fe65e79b4c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a49eb45f188190a6e1b6d341b29f2a completed March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49f2f2b4c8190b35eb623a28187e6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a49fcd6d448190a40af17c0a113aed completed March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.