Triple

T16690735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jones Point Lighthouse E405585 entity
Predicate nearBorder P350 FINISHED
Object Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River
The Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River is the historically contested interstate boundary running along the Potomac that separates Maryland from Virginia and Washington, D.C., influencing regional jurisdiction, navigation, and development.
E1229049 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: Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River | Statement: [Jones Point Lighthouse, nearBorder, Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River
Context triple: [Jones Point Lighthouse, nearBorder, Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River]
  • A. District of Columbia–Virginia border
    The District of Columbia–Virginia border is the jurisdictional boundary separating Washington, D.C. from the state of Virginia, largely defined by the Potomac River and significant for its legal, political, and infrastructural implications in the U.S. capital region.
  • B. District of Columbia–Maryland border
    The District of Columbia–Maryland border is the boundary line separating Washington, D.C. from the state of Maryland, running through both urban and natural areas in the region.
  • C. Virginia–West Virginia boundary
    The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.
  • D. Maryland state line
    The Maryland state line is the boundary separating the state of Maryland from its neighboring states, including Pennsylvania’s Bedford County.
  • E. Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
    The Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) is the historic state line in the central Appalachian region whose course was long defined by early colonial surveys and landmarks such as the Fairfax Stone.
  • 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: Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River
Triple: [Jones Point Lighthouse, nearBorder, Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River]
Generated description
The Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River is the historically contested interstate boundary running along the Potomac that separates Maryland from Virginia and Washington, D.C., influencing regional jurisdiction, navigation, and development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River
Target entity description: The Maryland–Virginia border on the Potomac River is the historically contested interstate boundary running along the Potomac that separates Maryland from Virginia and Washington, D.C., influencing regional jurisdiction, navigation, and development.
  • A. District of Columbia–Virginia border
    The District of Columbia–Virginia border is the jurisdictional boundary separating Washington, D.C. from the state of Virginia, largely defined by the Potomac River and significant for its legal, political, and infrastructural implications in the U.S. capital region.
  • B. District of Columbia–Maryland border
    The District of Columbia–Maryland border is the boundary line separating Washington, D.C. from the state of Maryland, running through both urban and natural areas in the region.
  • C. Virginia–West Virginia boundary
    The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.
  • D. Maryland state line
    The Maryland state line is the boundary separating the state of Maryland from its neighboring states, including Pennsylvania’s Bedford County.
  • E. Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
    The Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) is the historic state line in the central Appalachian region whose course was long defined by early colonial surveys and landmarks such as the Fairfax Stone.
  • 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37ea8cabc8190ba321503399960da completed April 18, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0091984dcc8190b0b20d2e57bc3a11 completed May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0092244d788190b24f56f0b166dc20 completed May 10, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00929d803881908d0bb6c566cd112a completed May 10, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.