Triple

T103079
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Piedmont region of North Carolina E2081 entity
Predicate hasMajorCity P316 FINISHED
Object Shelby, North Carolina
Shelby, North Carolina is a small city in Cleveland County known as a cultural and economic hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont, with historic architecture and a strong musical heritage.
E31226 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: Shelby, North Carolina | Statement: [Piedmont region of North Carolina, hasMajorCity, Shelby, North Carolina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelby, North Carolina
Context triple: [Piedmont region of North Carolina, hasMajorCity, Shelby, North Carolina]
  • A. Lexington, North Carolina
    Lexington, North Carolina is a small city in the central Piedmont region best known for its distinctive style of barbecue and annual Barbecue Festival.
  • B. Monroe, North Carolina
    Monroe, North Carolina is a small city in the Charlotte metropolitan area known historically as a railroad and trading center in the Piedmont region.
  • C. Wilson, North Carolina
    Wilson, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known historically for tobacco and agriculture and now for its diversified economy and regional cultural attractions.
  • D. Sanford, North Carolina
    Sanford, North Carolina is a small city in central North Carolina known historically for brick manufacturing and as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
  • E. Burlington, North Carolina
    Burlington, North Carolina is a mid-sized city in the central Piedmont region known historically for its textile and manufacturing industries and its role as a regional economic hub.
  • 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: Shelby, North Carolina
Triple: [Piedmont region of North Carolina, hasMajorCity, Shelby, North Carolina]
Generated description
Shelby, North Carolina is a small city in Cleveland County known as a cultural and economic hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont, with historic architecture and a strong musical heritage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelby, North Carolina
Target entity description: Shelby, North Carolina is a small city in Cleveland County known as a cultural and economic hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont, with historic architecture and a strong musical heritage.
  • A. Lexington, North Carolina
    Lexington, North Carolina is a small city in the central Piedmont region best known for its distinctive style of barbecue and annual Barbecue Festival.
  • B. Monroe, North Carolina
    Monroe, North Carolina is a small city in the Charlotte metropolitan area known historically as a railroad and trading center in the Piedmont region.
  • C. Wilson, North Carolina
    Wilson, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known historically for tobacco and agriculture and now for its diversified economy and regional cultural attractions.
  • D. Sanford, North Carolina
    Sanford, North Carolina is a small city in central North Carolina known historically for brick manufacturing and as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
  • E. Burlington, North Carolina
    Burlington, North Carolina is a mid-sized city in the central Piedmont region known historically for its textile and manufacturing industries and its role as a regional economic hub.
  • 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_69a3695568dc8190866b84f839136eb8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a369d2b56c8190a6381b2da3e42e18 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36a9f31408190b8f0e8273ff3a298 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.