Triple

T10679039
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Brown Going to His Hanging E251694 entity
Predicate depictsPlace P8908 FINISHED
Object Charlestown, Virginia
Charlestown, Virginia is a historic town best known as the site of abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 trial and execution following his raid on Harpers Ferry.
E878801 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: Charlestown, Virginia | Statement: [John Brown Going to His Hanging, depictsPlace, Charlestown, Virginia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlestown, Virginia
Context triple: [John Brown Going to His Hanging, depictsPlace, Charlestown, Virginia]
  • A. Chatham, Virginia
    Chatham, Virginia is a small historic town in southern Virginia known for serving as the governmental and cultural center of Pittsylvania County.
  • B. Bristol, Virginia
    Bristol, Virginia is a small independent city in southwestern Virginia known for its shared border and twin-city relationship with Bristol, Tennessee, and its deep roots in country music history.
  • C. Pembroke, Virginia
    Pembroke, Virginia is a small town in the New River Valley region of southwestern Virginia, known for its proximity to the Appalachian Mountains and outdoor recreation areas.
  • D. Elizabeth City, Virginia
    Elizabeth City, Virginia is a historic former county in colonial Virginia whose name was later adopted by Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
  • 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. 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: Charlestown, Virginia
Triple: [John Brown Going to His Hanging, depictsPlace, Charlestown, Virginia]
Generated description
Charlestown, Virginia is a historic town best known as the site of abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 trial and execution following his raid on Harpers Ferry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlestown, Virginia
Target entity description: Charlestown, Virginia is a historic town best known as the site of abolitionist John Brown’s 1859 trial and execution following his raid on Harpers Ferry.
  • A. Chatham, Virginia
    Chatham, Virginia is a small historic town in southern Virginia known for serving as the governmental and cultural center of Pittsylvania County.
  • B. Bristol, Virginia
    Bristol, Virginia is a small independent city in southwestern Virginia known for its shared border and twin-city relationship with Bristol, Tennessee, and its deep roots in country music history.
  • C. Pembroke, Virginia
    Pembroke, Virginia is a small town in the New River Valley region of southwestern Virginia, known for its proximity to the Appalachian Mountains and outdoor recreation areas.
  • D. Elizabeth City, Virginia
    Elizabeth City, Virginia is a historic former county in colonial Virginia whose name was later adopted by Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
  • 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. 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fb9684e48190b2786823723cde6c completed April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d98885abf88190b54ed9db779d3ff0 completed April 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98aea391c81909ec64a29053c35c1 completed April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98c013348819094bde38a057257b4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.