Triple
T14721167
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hillsborough, North Carolina |
E345816
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFormerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Orange (North Carolina)
Orange (North Carolina) was the original name of the town now known as Hillsborough, a historic community in Orange County, North Carolina.
|
E1115580
|
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: Orange (North Carolina) | Statement: [Hillsborough, North Carolina, hasFormerName, Orange (North Carolina)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange (North Carolina) Context triple: [Hillsborough, North Carolina, hasFormerName, Orange (North Carolina)]
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A.
Oak Ridge, North Carolina
Oak Ridge, North Carolina is a small town in Guilford County known for its rural residential character, historic Oak Ridge Military Academy, and location in the Piedmont Triad region.
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B.
Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford, North Carolina is a small historic city in north-central North Carolina known as the commercial and cultural hub of Granville County.
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C.
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina is a historic central North Carolina county that includes the university town of Chapel Hill and parts of the Research Triangle region.
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D.
Red Oak, North Carolina
Red Oak, North Carolina is a small town in eastern North Carolina that forms part of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area.
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E.
Washington, North Carolina
Washington, North Carolina is a small historic city in eastern North Carolina, known as the first town in the United States named after George Washington and for its location along the Pamlico River.
- 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: Orange (North Carolina) Triple: [Hillsborough, North Carolina, hasFormerName, Orange (North Carolina)]
Generated description
Orange (North Carolina) was the original name of the town now known as Hillsborough, a historic community in Orange County, North Carolina.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orange (North Carolina) Target entity description: Orange (North Carolina) was the original name of the town now known as Hillsborough, a historic community in Orange County, North Carolina.
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A.
Oak Ridge, North Carolina
Oak Ridge, North Carolina is a small town in Guilford County known for its rural residential character, historic Oak Ridge Military Academy, and location in the Piedmont Triad region.
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B.
Oxford, North Carolina
Oxford, North Carolina is a small historic city in north-central North Carolina known as the commercial and cultural hub of Granville County.
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C.
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina is a historic central North Carolina county that includes the university town of Chapel Hill and parts of the Research Triangle region.
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D.
Red Oak, North Carolina
Red Oak, North Carolina is a small town in eastern North Carolina that forms part of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area.
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E.
Washington, North Carolina
Washington, North Carolina is a small historic city in eastern North Carolina, known as the first town in the United States named after George Washington and for its location along the Pamlico River.
- 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dec25d56fc8190871873ca55d49272 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fdf0957bb081908f1f382f3be8ec20 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fdf440a03c8190886119ab3c8ab610 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fdf4f2acbc8190b51ee456093a2813 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.