Triple
T7738759
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pernell Whitaker |
E175449
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
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, United States | Statement: [Pernell Whitaker, placeOfBirth, Norfolk, Virginia, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norfolk, Virginia, United States Context triple: [Pernell Whitaker, placeOfBirth, Norfolk, Virginia, United States]
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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.
Hampton, Virginia, United States
Hampton, Virginia, United States is an independent coastal city in southeastern Virginia known for its historic role in early American history, military installations, and as the birthplace of NBA star Allen Iverson.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Cape Charles, Virginia is a small coastal town on Virginia’s Eastern Shore known for its historic downtown, Chesapeake Bay beaches, and role as a gateway to the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula.
- 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_69c6995f9c60819092e386192bd63c6f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c7035bcd94819080d5553e602e6c61 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8be3db6a481909750c13f9141b84b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:07 p.m.