Triple
T657195
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norfolk Southern Railway |
E11672
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerHeadquartersLocation |
P62
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk, Virginia |
E14333
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Norfolk, Virginia | Statement: [Norfolk Southern Railway, formerHeadquartersLocation, Norfolk, Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk, Virginia Context triple: [Norfolk Southern Railway, formerHeadquartersLocation, Norfolk, Virginia]
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A.
Norfolk, Virginia
chosen
Norfolk, Virginia is a historic independent port city in southeastern Virginia, known for hosting the world’s largest naval base and serving as a major cultural and economic center of the Hampton Roads region.
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B.
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia is an independent coastal city in southeastern Virginia known for its major shipbuilding industry and large U.S. Navy presence.
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C.
Norfolk
Norfolk is a county in the East of England known for its rural landscapes, historic market towns, and extensive coastline along the North Sea.
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D.
Kingstowne, Virginia
Kingstowne, Virginia is a large planned suburban community in Fairfax County near Alexandria, known for its residential neighborhoods, town center, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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E.
Falmouth, Virginia
Falmouth, Virginia is an unincorporated community and historic area located across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg in northeastern Virginia.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49fa55e048190bd9913c6c31772d0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac6ef9b97881908eab2a5472b02183 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.