Triple

T6994929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roanoke River E162184 entity
Predicate hasDam P8736 FINISHED
Object Smith Mountain Dam
Smith Mountain Dam is a hydroelectric and pumped-storage dam in Virginia that creates Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River.
E657021 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: Smith Mountain Dam | Statement: [Roanoke River, hasDam, Smith Mountain Dam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Mountain Dam
Context triple: [Roanoke River, hasDam, Smith Mountain Dam]
  • A. Apalachia Dam
    Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
  • B. Hiwassee Dam
    Hiwassee Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, forming Hiwassee Lake and providing power, flood control, and recreation.
  • C. Boone Dam
    Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern Tennessee that creates Boone Lake and is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • D. South Holston Dam
    South Holston Dam is a large Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the South Fork Holston River in northeastern Tennessee.
  • E. Summersville Dam
    Summersville Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia, known for creating Summersville Lake and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • 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: Smith Mountain Dam
Triple: [Roanoke River, hasDam, Smith Mountain Dam]
Generated description
Smith Mountain Dam is a hydroelectric and pumped-storage dam in Virginia that creates Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith Mountain Dam
Target entity description: Smith Mountain Dam is a hydroelectric and pumped-storage dam in Virginia that creates Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River.
  • A. Apalachia Dam
    Apalachia Dam is a hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina that impounds the Hiwassee River to generate power and help manage regional water resources.
  • B. Hiwassee Dam
    Hiwassee Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in western North Carolina operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, forming Hiwassee Lake and providing power, flood control, and recreation.
  • C. Boone Dam
    Boone Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam in northeastern Tennessee that creates Boone Lake and is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • D. South Holston Dam
    South Holston Dam is a large Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the South Fork Holston River in northeastern Tennessee.
  • E. Summersville Dam
    Summersville Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia, known for creating Summersville Lake and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • 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_69c68857ffc08190857dc62cd5253777 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dbec259c8190bb4cfbc1ff6fc786 completed March 27, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7eebe7d008190990482c7d6b512f5 completed March 28, 2026, 3:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ef95787c819086684c4286166b43 completed March 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f0644ebc8190971075d75e3a76d0 completed March 28, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:32 p.m.