Triple
T1500778
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lenoir, North Carolina |
E29790
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Lenoir
William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
|
E174901
|
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: William Lenoir | Statement: [Lenoir, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Lenoir]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lenoir Context triple: [Lenoir, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Lenoir]
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A.
Melancton Smith
Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
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B.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
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C.
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
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D.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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E.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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: William Lenoir Triple: [Lenoir, North Carolina, namedAfter, William Lenoir]
Generated description
William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lenoir Target entity description: William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
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A.
Melancton Smith
Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
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B.
William Belton
William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
-
C.
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
-
D.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
-
E.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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_69a498dba1d8819093b46a3a8d2485f1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6f2d7f881909188a3e5614335cd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad2945360c8190b20dfdf2f7be4fea |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad29ac46008190b66dac17e37018a5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad2d639b9c81909e52ad373e597e55 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.