Triple

T1192915
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Petersburg E25602 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia is an independent city in south-central Virginia known for its strategic importance and extensive trench warfare during the American Civil War.
 E201763 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: Petersburg, Virginia | Statement: [Siege of Petersburg, location, Petersburg, Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Petersburg, Virginia
Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, location, Petersburg, Virginia]
  • A. Petersburg
    Petersburg is a small fishing and logging town located on Mitkof Island in Southeast Alaska, known for its strong Norwegian heritage and maritime economy.
  • B. Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia, known for its pivotal role in American history, particularly as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  • C. Kingstowne, Virginia
    Kingstowne, Virginia is a large planned suburban community in Fairfax County near Alexandria, known for its residential neighborhoods, town center, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
  • D. Roanoke, Virginia
    Roanoke, Virginia is an independent city in western Virginia known as the commercial and cultural hub of the Roanoke Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
  • E. Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News, Virginia is an independent coastal city in southeastern Virginia known for its major shipbuilding industry and large U.S. Navy presence.
  • 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: Petersburg, Virginia
Triple: [Siege of Petersburg, location, Petersburg, Virginia]
Generated description
Petersburg, Virginia is an independent city in south-central Virginia known for its strategic importance and extensive trench warfare during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Petersburg, Virginia
Target entity description: Petersburg, Virginia is an independent city in south-central Virginia known for its strategic importance and extensive trench warfare during the American Civil War.
  • A. Petersburg
    Petersburg is a small fishing and logging town located on Mitkof Island in Southeast Alaska, known for its strong Norwegian heritage and maritime economy.
  • B. Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia, known for its pivotal role in American history, particularly as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  • C. Kingstowne, Virginia
    Kingstowne, Virginia is a large planned suburban community in Fairfax County near Alexandria, known for its residential neighborhoods, town center, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
  • D. Roanoke, Virginia
    Roanoke, Virginia is an independent city in western Virginia known as the commercial and cultural hub of the Roanoke Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
  • E. Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News, Virginia is an independent coastal city in southeastern Virginia known for its major shipbuilding industry and large U.S. Navy presence.
  • 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd761ef08190b431b80f326d1ab2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5ac8a2481908394095e9a6edc6a completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb8b2b01c8190997179cdfd55da13 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb94aaf348190a28ca8e9d9cacf41 completed March 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.