Triple
T4904231
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fairfax family |
E109875
|
entity |
| Predicate | heldLand |
P28640
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia |
E107133
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia | Statement: [Fairfax family, heldLand, Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia Context triple: [Fairfax family, heldLand, Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia]
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A.
Northern Neck
chosen
Northern Neck is a historic peninsula in eastern Virginia between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, known as the birthplace region of several U.S. presidents and for its rural, waterfront character.
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B.
Prince William County, Colony of Virginia
Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century British colonial county in northern Virginia that served as the birthplace and home region of several early American political and military figures.
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C.
Shadwell, Virginia Colony
Shadwell, Virginia Colony was an 18th-century plantation community in Albemarle County best known as the birthplace and early home of Thomas Jefferson.
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D.
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia was a colonial-era county in northern Virginia that formed part of the early English settlements in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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E.
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia was a prominent 18th-century county in colonial Virginia that became an influential political and plantation center in the region.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: heldLand Context triple: [Fairfax family, heldLand, Northern Neck Proprietary in colonial Virginia]
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A.
heldTerritory
chosen
Indicates that one entity maintained control or possession over a specific territory or geographic area.
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B.
acquiredTerritoryFrom
Indicates that one entity gained control or ownership of a territory that previously belonged to another entity.
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C.
countryOccupied
Indicates that one country has taken control of and is occupying the territory of another country, typically through military or coercive means.
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D.
occupyingPower
Indicates that one entity holds military or political control over a territory that it does not legally own, typically as an occupying authority.
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E.
hasLargestContinuousLandAreaOn
Indicates that an entity possesses the greatest uninterrupted expanse of land on a specified geographic region or surface compared to all other entities.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd706245e48190a61d573438461c30 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be779c47348190bd8e19f87c2aa4c2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd6c306b188190a08a7856beb76db4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:29 p.m.