Triple
T1191571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglas Glenn Colvin |
E25372
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Fort Lee, Virginia, United States |
E63255
|
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: Fort Lee, Virginia, United States | Statement: [Douglas Glenn Colvin, birthPlace, Fort Lee, Virginia, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Lee, Virginia, United States Context triple: [Douglas Glenn Colvin, birthPlace, Fort Lee, Virginia, United States]
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A.
Fort Lee, Virginia, United States
chosen
Fort Lee, Virginia, United States is a U.S. Army installation and training base in southeastern Virginia, historically significant as a major logistics and support center for the military.
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B.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia is an urban county directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for its dense development, federal government agencies, and landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
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C.
Lexington, Virginia, United States
Lexington, Virginia, United States is a small historic city in the Shenandoah Valley known for its preserved 19th-century architecture and as the home of Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute.
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D.
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee, New Jersey is a borough in Bergen County located at the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, known as a historic gateway between New Jersey and New York City.
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E.
Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia is an independent city in Northern Virginia that serves as a major suburban community within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd74e2c08190b4a48425f94addaa |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac93b9f65481908824573c225dc638 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.