Triple
T1400788
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lincolnton, North Carolina |
E30776
|
entity |
| Predicate | county |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
Lincoln County, North Carolina is a county in the western part of the state that is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has Lincolnton as its county seat.
|
E348212
|
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: Lincoln County, North Carolina | Statement: [Lincolnton, North Carolina, county, Lincoln County, North Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lincoln County, North Carolina Context triple: [Lincolnton, North Carolina, county, Lincoln County, North Carolina]
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A.
Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina is a predominantly rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and proximity to the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.
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B.
Randolph County, North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
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C.
Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the southeastern part of the state, known for its extensive forests, agriculture, and historic role as one of North Carolina’s oldest counties.
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D.
Johnston County, North Carolina
Johnston County, North Carolina is a rapidly growing county in the eastern part of the Raleigh metropolitan area, known for its mix of rural communities, small towns like Smithfield and Clayton, and a strong agricultural and manufacturing base.
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E.
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
- 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: Lincoln County, North Carolina Triple: [Lincolnton, North Carolina, county, Lincoln County, North Carolina]
Generated description
Lincoln County, North Carolina is a county in the western part of the state that is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has Lincolnton as its county seat.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lincoln County, North Carolina Target entity description: Lincoln County, North Carolina is a county in the western part of the state that is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has Lincolnton as its county seat.
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A.
Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina is a predominantly rural county in the north-central part of the state, known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and proximity to the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.
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B.
Randolph County, North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
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C.
Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the southeastern part of the state, known for its extensive forests, agriculture, and historic role as one of North Carolina’s oldest counties.
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D.
Johnston County, North Carolina
Johnston County, North Carolina is a rapidly growing county in the eastern part of the Raleigh metropolitan area, known for its mix of rural communities, small towns like Smithfield and Clayton, and a strong agricultural and manufacturing base.
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E.
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
- 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_69a498fd4e408190bd73eca30ea9754c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c39c4c148190997150996ca26a99 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31983cab08190afcd168864c9ccf2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31c33fc3c8190b5af3f38206736de |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31c9f48788190bdf4b4ce47e1e5b5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.