Triple

T1484536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) E29434 entity
Predicate adjacentTo P224 FINISHED
Object Virginia–West Virginia boundary
The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.
E170606 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: Virginia–West Virginia boundary | Statement: [Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional), adjacentTo, Virginia–West Virginia boundary]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
Context triple: [Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional), adjacentTo, Virginia–West Virginia boundary]
  • A. Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
    The Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) is the historic state line in the central Appalachian region whose course was long defined by early colonial surveys and landmarks such as the Fairfax Stone.
  • B. Mason–Dixon Line
    The Mason–Dixon Line is the historic boundary surveyed in the 18th century between several American colonies that later came to symbolize the cultural and political divide between the Northern and Southern United States.
  • C. Georgia–Alabama state line
    The Georgia–Alabama state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama, running largely along the Chattahoochee River and passing through several metropolitan areas in the region.
  • D. Tennessee–Kentucky border
    The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
  • E. Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
    The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is a geographically distinct, historically rich region in the state's northeastern corner, known for its proximity to the Washington, D.C. metro area and its blend of Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic culture.
  • 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: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
Triple: [Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional), adjacentTo, Virginia–West Virginia boundary]
Generated description
The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
Target entity description: The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.
  • A. Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
    The Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) is the historic state line in the central Appalachian region whose course was long defined by early colonial surveys and landmarks such as the Fairfax Stone.
  • B. Mason–Dixon Line
    The Mason–Dixon Line is the historic boundary surveyed in the 18th century between several American colonies that later came to symbolize the cultural and political divide between the Northern and Southern United States.
  • C. Georgia–Alabama state line
    The Georgia–Alabama state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Georgia and Alabama, running largely along the Chattahoochee River and passing through several metropolitan areas in the region.
  • D. Tennessee–Kentucky border
    The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
  • E. Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
    The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia is a geographically distinct, historically rich region in the state's northeastern corner, known for its proximity to the Washington, D.C. metro area and its blend of Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic culture.
  • 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_69a498da82e08190ba833330d05f380f completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6a011f0819086e9ee517ed6d29f completed March 1, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1ca4c4e481909ea0ca76841454b1 completed March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1d28d8708190b284676ff407c3ec completed March 8, 2026, 6:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad1ea291448190ba1c8593d11f86ee completed March 8, 2026, 7 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.