Triple

T12704355
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northwestern North Carolina E303540 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Sparta, North Carolina
Sparta, North Carolina is a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains known as the county seat of Alleghany County and a gateway to outdoor recreation along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
E997836 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: Sparta, North Carolina | Statement: [Northwestern North Carolina, contains, Sparta, North Carolina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sparta, North Carolina
Context triple: [Northwestern North Carolina, contains, Sparta, North Carolina]
  • A. Spencer, North Carolina
    Spencer, North Carolina is a small historic town in Rowan County best known for its railroad heritage and the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
  • B. Salisbury, North Carolina
    Salisbury, North Carolina is a historic city in the central Piedmont region known for its preserved downtown, cultural institutions, and role as the county seat of Rowan County.
  • C. St. Pauls, North Carolina
    St. Pauls, North Carolina is a small town in Robeson County that serves as one of the communities associated with the Lumbee Native American population.
  • D. Salem, North Carolina
    Salem, North Carolina was a historic Moravian settlement that later merged with the neighboring town of Winston to form the modern city of Winston-Salem.
  • E. Smithfield, North Carolina
    Smithfield, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known as a local commercial and administrative center along the Neuse River in the eastern part of the state.
  • 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: Sparta, North Carolina
Triple: [Northwestern North Carolina, contains, Sparta, North Carolina]
Generated description
Sparta, North Carolina is a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains known as the county seat of Alleghany County and a gateway to outdoor recreation along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sparta, North Carolina
Target entity description: Sparta, North Carolina is a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains known as the county seat of Alleghany County and a gateway to outdoor recreation along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
  • A. Spencer, North Carolina
    Spencer, North Carolina is a small historic town in Rowan County best known for its railroad heritage and the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
  • B. Salisbury, North Carolina
    Salisbury, North Carolina is a historic city in the central Piedmont region known for its preserved downtown, cultural institutions, and role as the county seat of Rowan County.
  • C. St. Pauls, North Carolina
    St. Pauls, North Carolina is a small town in Robeson County that serves as one of the communities associated with the Lumbee Native American population.
  • D. Salem, North Carolina
    Salem, North Carolina was a historic Moravian settlement that later merged with the neighboring town of Winston to form the modern city of Winston-Salem.
  • E. Smithfield, North Carolina
    Smithfield, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known as a local commercial and administrative center along the Neuse River in the eastern part of the state.
  • 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_69d7bdef90d48190b46b88270e780946 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961f1adec8190a53c80e9556b3fe0 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f671b4832c8190abc17f5f33b3552a completed May 2, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67286f1b8819081db3da2f5c16daf completed May 2, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6732ea7408190a95f0a5f983dfdb7 completed May 2, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.