Triple

T19806066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Patton Preston E475813 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Smithfield Plantation, Virginia
Smithfield Plantation, Virginia is a historic 18th-century estate near Blacksburg known as one of the region’s earliest frontier plantations and the ancestral home of the Preston family.
 E1395712 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: Smithfield Plantation, Virginia | Statement: [James Patton Preston, placeOfBirth, Smithfield Plantation, Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smithfield Plantation, Virginia
Context triple: [James Patton Preston, placeOfBirth, Smithfield Plantation, Virginia]
  • A. Belle Grove Plantation, Virginia
    Belle Grove Plantation in Virginia is a historic 18th-century estate best known as the birthplace of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
  • B. Millbrook plantation, Virginia
    Millbrook plantation in Virginia was a historic estate associated with the prominent Wayles and Eppes families, serving as the final resting place of early American politician John Wayles Eppes.
  • C. Stafford Plantation
    Stafford Plantation is a historic estate on Georgia’s Cumberland Island known for its antebellum-era ruins, former cotton plantation grounds, and ties to the Carnegie family.
  • D. Westover Plantation
    Westover Plantation is a historic 18th-century plantation and Georgian-style mansion on the James River in Virginia, noted for its architecture and role in early American history.
  • E. Cumberland Plantation
    Cumberland Plantation is a historic estate in New Kent County, Virginia, notable for its preserved architecture and ties to the region’s colonial-era plantation history.
  • 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: Smithfield Plantation, Virginia
Triple: [James Patton Preston, placeOfBirth, Smithfield Plantation, Virginia]
Generated description
Smithfield Plantation, Virginia is a historic 18th-century estate near Blacksburg known as one of the region’s earliest frontier plantations and the ancestral home of the Preston family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smithfield Plantation, Virginia
Target entity description: Smithfield Plantation, Virginia is a historic 18th-century estate near Blacksburg known as one of the region’s earliest frontier plantations and the ancestral home of the Preston family.
  • A. Belle Grove Plantation, Virginia
    Belle Grove Plantation in Virginia is a historic 18th-century estate best known as the birthplace of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
  • B. Millbrook plantation, Virginia
    Millbrook plantation in Virginia was a historic estate associated with the prominent Wayles and Eppes families, serving as the final resting place of early American politician John Wayles Eppes.
  • C. Stafford Plantation
    Stafford Plantation is a historic estate on Georgia’s Cumberland Island known for its antebellum-era ruins, former cotton plantation grounds, and ties to the Carnegie family.
  • D. Westover Plantation
    Westover Plantation is a historic 18th-century plantation and Georgian-style mansion on the James River in Virginia, noted for its architecture and role in early American history.
  • E. Cumberland Plantation
    Cumberland Plantation is a historic estate in New Kent County, Virginia, notable for its preserved architecture and ties to the region’s colonial-era plantation history.
  • 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_69d8e51bc4208190a1c57d8c5d1b15e4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65428081c8190b394c442f4c2a9a6 completed April 20, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07c50c6a7c81908bf0d55dad7a6556 completed May 16, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07c66178108190a6fc2d7566af44ad completed May 16, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07c73b731881909c8abaeb541e34f9 completed May 16, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.