Triple

T1068535
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Smoky Mountains National Park E23270 entity
Predicate straddles P1589 FINISHED
Object Tennessee–North Carolina border
The Tennessee–North Carolina border is a mountainous state line in the southeastern United States, much of which runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
E126736 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Tennessee–North Carolina border | Statement: [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straddles, Tennessee–North Carolina border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennessee–North Carolina border
Context triple: [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straddles, Tennessee–North Carolina border]
  • A. Tennessee–Kentucky border
    The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
  • B. Tennessee–Alabama border
    The Tennessee–Alabama border is the state line separating Tennessee and Alabama in the southeastern United States, running through a mix of rural areas, small towns, and river crossings.
  • C. Tennessee state line
    The Tennessee state line is the boundary separating the state of Tennessee from its neighboring states, marking the official transition between their jurisdictions.
  • D. Alabama–Mississippi border
    The Alabama–Mississippi border is the state line separating Alabama and Mississippi in the southeastern United States, running through rural areas, forests, and river crossings.
  • E. Florida–Georgia border
    The Florida–Georgia border is the state line separating Florida and Georgia in the southeastern United States, much of which follows natural features like the St. Marys and Chattahoochee Rivers.
  • 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: Tennessee–North Carolina border
Triple: [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straddles, Tennessee–North Carolina border]
Generated description
The Tennessee–North Carolina border is a mountainous state line in the southeastern United States, much of which runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennessee–North Carolina border
Target entity description: The Tennessee–North Carolina border is a mountainous state line in the southeastern United States, much of which runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • A. Tennessee–Kentucky border
    The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
  • B. Tennessee–Alabama border
    The Tennessee–Alabama border is the state line separating Tennessee and Alabama in the southeastern United States, running through a mix of rural areas, small towns, and river crossings.
  • C. Tennessee state line
    The Tennessee state line is the boundary separating the state of Tennessee from its neighboring states, marking the official transition between their jurisdictions.
  • D. Alabama–Mississippi border
    The Alabama–Mississippi border is the state line separating Alabama and Mississippi in the southeastern United States, running through rural areas, forests, and river crossings.
  • E. Florida–Georgia border
    The Florida–Georgia border is the state line separating Florida and Georgia in the southeastern United States, much of which follows natural features like the St. Marys and Chattahoochee Rivers.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: straddles
Context triple: [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, straddles, Tennessee–North Carolina border]
  • A. stricken
    Indicates that an entity has been severely affected, harmed, or afflicted by something (such as illness, disaster, or misfortune).
  • B. crossWith
    Indicates that one entity intersects or passes over/through the path, boundary, or position of another entity.
  • C. borderStraddling chosen
    Indicates that something (such as a feature, structure, or area) extends across and occupies territory on both sides of a border between two regions or jurisdictions.
  • D. crossesBetween
    Indicates that one entity passes from one side of a second entity to the other, traversing the space between two reference points or boundaries associated with that second entity.
  • E. crossedBy
    Indicates that one entity (typically a path, line, or boundary) is intersected or traversed by another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b9e1047481909af1cf8df2a01fff completed March 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4c1fb7948190b08c95e68d3de00e completed March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4e9e68688190a02550b270660a50 completed March 7, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4f2475048190a5e58bf8320e91d4 completed March 7, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b736f1e881909bace735b38c0ade completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.