Triple

T438956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jefferson County, West Virginia E10072 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, is a historic small town on the Potomac River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and home to Shepherd University.
E61572 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: Shepherdstown, West Virginia | Statement: [Jefferson County, West Virginia, contains, Shepherdstown, West Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Context triple: [Jefferson County, West Virginia, contains, Shepherdstown, West Virginia]
  • A. Martinsburg, West Virginia
    Martinsburg, West Virginia is a small historic city in the eastern panhandle of the state, known as a regional hub for transportation, commerce, and access to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
  • B. Clarksburg, West Virginia
    Clarksburg, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically as a regional commercial and transportation hub in the Appalachian region.
  • C. Parkersburg, West Virginia
    Parkersburg, West Virginia is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River that serves as a regional economic and transportation hub in western West Virginia.
  • D. Bayard, West Virginia
    Bayard, West Virginia is a small town in Grant County known for its location near the headwaters of the Potomac River and the historic Fairfax Stone.
  • E. Thomas, West Virginia
    Thomas, West Virginia is a small historic coal-mining town in Tucker County known for its preserved downtown, arts scene, and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains.
  • 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: Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Triple: [Jefferson County, West Virginia, contains, Shepherdstown, West Virginia]
Generated description
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, is a historic small town on the Potomac River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and home to Shepherd University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Target entity description: Shepherdstown, West Virginia, is a historic small town on the Potomac River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and home to Shepherd University.
  • A. Martinsburg, West Virginia
    Martinsburg, West Virginia is a small historic city in the eastern panhandle of the state, known as a regional hub for transportation, commerce, and access to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
  • B. Clarksburg, West Virginia
    Clarksburg, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically as a regional commercial and transportation hub in the Appalachian region.
  • C. Parkersburg, West Virginia
    Parkersburg, West Virginia is a mid-sized city along the Ohio River that serves as a regional economic and transportation hub in western West Virginia.
  • D. Bayard, West Virginia
    Bayard, West Virginia is a small town in Grant County known for its location near the headwaters of the Potomac River and the historic Fairfax Stone.
  • E. Thomas, West Virginia
    Thomas, West Virginia is a small historic coal-mining town in Tucker County known for its preserved downtown, arts scene, and proximity to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains.
  • 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_69a2e8465ef481909655c681b01e2986 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef283be881909444aaf257451747 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d2668348190a654c9e0c7bf10a1 completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47dd158b481908d8263371e49d10d completed March 1, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e23ac588190a876d45de6821382 completed March 1, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.