Triple
T1087240
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Appalachian State University Hickory campus |
E24079
|
entity |
| Predicate | city |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hickory |
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 | Statement: [Appalachian State University Hickory campus, city, Hickory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickory Context triple: [Appalachian State University Hickory campus, city, Hickory]
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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.
Woodfin
Woodfin is the surname of Randall Woodfin, an American politician and mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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C.
White Oak Flats
White Oak Flats was the early pioneer settlement that later developed into the modern resort town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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D.
Aiken
Aiken is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
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E.
Holly Springs
Holly Springs is a suburban town in North Carolina known for its rapid growth, family-friendly communities, and proximity to the Research Triangle’s technology and research hubs.
- 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_69a49404428c819092dcc9632f5f7b8b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b97c64a88190bf1119fdd4940bf3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac4c243cbc81908d6101faad628fc8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.