Triple
T8656270
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia metropolitan area |
E205425
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCity |
P316
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hickory, North Carolina |
E27483
|
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: Hickory, North Carolina | Statement: [Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia metropolitan area, hasCity, Hickory, North Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickory, North Carolina Context triple: [Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia metropolitan area, hasCity, Hickory, North Carolina]
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A.
Hickory, North Carolina
chosen
Hickory, North Carolina is a mid-sized city in the western Piedmont region known historically for its furniture manufacturing and diversified manufacturing economy.
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B.
Oak Ridge, North Carolina
Oak Ridge, North Carolina is a small town in Guilford County known for its rural residential character, historic Oak Ridge Military Academy, and location in the Piedmont Triad region.
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C.
Lexington, North Carolina
Lexington, North Carolina is a small city in the central Piedmont region best known for its distinctive style of barbecue and annual Barbecue Festival.
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D.
Butner, North Carolina
Butner, North Carolina is a small town in central North Carolina known for its correctional and mental health facilities and its location within the Research Triangle region.
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E.
Smithfield, North Carolina
Smithfield, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known as a local commercial and administrative center along the Neuse River in the eastern part of the state.
- 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_69ca8350897c819086cde7596fbe5fe7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc484569788190aa41395854684e6f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd070ca0c819092b98a7aa079c33c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.