Triple

T716882
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norfolk, Virginia E14333 entity
Predicate borders P224 FINISHED
Object Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth, Virginia is an independent port city in southeastern Virginia known for its historic Olde Towne district, naval shipyard, and location across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk.
E160117 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: Portsmouth, Virginia | Statement: [Norfolk, Virginia, borders, Portsmouth, Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portsmouth, Virginia
Context triple: [Norfolk, Virginia, borders, Portsmouth, Virginia]
  • A. Norfolk, Virginia
    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.
  • 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.
  • C. Hampton Roads
    Hampton Roads is a coastal metropolitan region in southeastern Virginia known for its large natural harbor, major military installations, and significant shipbuilding and maritime industries.
  • D. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a historic seaport city on the Piscataqua River known for its colonial architecture, maritime heritage, and vibrant cultural scene.
  • E. Hampton
    Hampton is a suburban town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, situated on the north bank of the River Thames.
  • 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: Portsmouth, Virginia
Triple: [Norfolk, Virginia, borders, Portsmouth, Virginia]
Generated description
Portsmouth, Virginia is an independent port city in southeastern Virginia known for its historic Olde Towne district, naval shipyard, and location across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portsmouth, Virginia
Target entity description: Portsmouth, Virginia is an independent port city in southeastern Virginia known for its historic Olde Towne district, naval shipyard, and location across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk.
  • A. Norfolk, Virginia
    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.
  • 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.
  • C. Hampton Roads
    Hampton Roads is a coastal metropolitan region in southeastern Virginia known for its large natural harbor, major military installations, and significant shipbuilding and maritime industries.
  • D. Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a historic seaport city on the Piscataqua River known for its colonial architecture, maritime heritage, and vibrant cultural scene.
  • E. Hampton
    Hampton is a suburban town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, situated on the north bank of the River Thames.
  • 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_69a4934a36e081909e7abef98b898a4e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a57649dc8190bfdee2f9c0c90415 completed March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acddf440848190aa5019ffcedd4859 completed March 8, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acdefbfb108190a88d56c4e9f9e6b3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acdfeb4ca481909347f98cf78cf6a0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.