Triple

T1233859
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lexington, North Carolina E26503 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Lexington-style barbecue
Lexington-style barbecue is a regional North Carolina barbecue tradition centered on slow-smoked pork shoulder seasoned with a vinegar-and-tomato–based sauce and typically served with red slaw.
E141080 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: Lexington-style barbecue | Statement: [Lexington, North Carolina, knownFor, Lexington-style barbecue]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lexington-style barbecue
Context triple: [Lexington, North Carolina, knownFor, Lexington-style barbecue]
  • A. Memphis-style barbecue
    Memphis-style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition best known for its slow-smoked pork—especially ribs and pulled pork—seasoned with a distinctive dry rub and often served with a tangy, tomato-based sauce on the side.
  • B. Kansas City–style barbecue
    Kansas City–style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition distinguished by its slow-smoked meats of many varieties and a thick, sweet, tomato-based sauce.
  • C. Texas-style barbecue
    Texas-style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition best known for its slow-smoked beef—especially brisket—cooked over wood like oak or mesquite and seasoned simply to highlight the meat’s flavor.
  • D. Ollie’s Barbecue
    Ollie’s Barbecue was a family-owned Birmingham, Alabama restaurant whose racially discriminatory service practices led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung on the scope of federal civil rights law under the Commerce Clause.
  • E. Philly Special
    Philly Special is a famous trick play involving a reverse and a touchdown pass to the quarterback, used by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII and now iconic in NFL history.
  • 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: Lexington-style barbecue
Triple: [Lexington, North Carolina, knownFor, Lexington-style barbecue]
Generated description
Lexington-style barbecue is a regional North Carolina barbecue tradition centered on slow-smoked pork shoulder seasoned with a vinegar-and-tomato–based sauce and typically served with red slaw.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lexington-style barbecue
Target entity description: Lexington-style barbecue is a regional North Carolina barbecue tradition centered on slow-smoked pork shoulder seasoned with a vinegar-and-tomato–based sauce and typically served with red slaw.
  • A. Memphis-style barbecue
    Memphis-style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition best known for its slow-smoked pork—especially ribs and pulled pork—seasoned with a distinctive dry rub and often served with a tangy, tomato-based sauce on the side.
  • B. Kansas City–style barbecue
    Kansas City–style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition distinguished by its slow-smoked meats of many varieties and a thick, sweet, tomato-based sauce.
  • C. Texas-style barbecue
    Texas-style barbecue is a regional American barbecue tradition best known for its slow-smoked beef—especially brisket—cooked over wood like oak or mesquite and seasoned simply to highlight the meat’s flavor.
  • D. Ollie’s Barbecue
    Ollie’s Barbecue was a family-owned Birmingham, Alabama restaurant whose racially discriminatory service practices led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung on the scope of federal civil rights law under the Commerce Clause.
  • E. Philly Special
    Philly Special is a famous trick play involving a reverse and a touchdown pass to the quarterback, used by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII and now iconic in NFL history.
  • 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be5d16ec819088056167c88d3318 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a16badc8190b5b603db0ca738cb completed March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8b70bd888190bed944579237bfad completed March 7, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8bce4be48190b7e396d31e881450 completed March 7, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.