Triple
T1835935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ronald McNair |
E41066
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Lake City, South Carolina, United States
Lake City, South Carolina, United States, is a small town best known as the birthplace of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
|
E205218
|
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: Lake City, South Carolina, United States | Statement: [Ronald McNair, placeOfBirth, Lake City, South Carolina, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake City, South Carolina, United States Context triple: [Ronald McNair, placeOfBirth, Lake City, South Carolina, United States]
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A.
Tamassee, South Carolina
Tamassee, South Carolina is a small unincorporated community in Oconee County known for its scenic foothills setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains and its historical ties to Revolutionary War figure Andrew Pickens.
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B.
Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Anderson, South Carolina, United States, is a small city in the northwestern part of the state known as the "Electric City" and recognized as the hometown of actor Chadwick Boseman.
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C.
Stateburg, South Carolina, United States
Stateburg, South Carolina, United States, is a historic unincorporated community in Sumter County known for its 18th- and 19th-century heritage and association with Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter.
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D.
Hopewell, South Carolina
Hopewell, South Carolina is a historic plantation site in the state’s Upcountry region, best known as the home of Revolutionary War general and statesman Andrew Pickens.
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E.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Spartanburg, South Carolina is a city in the Upstate region known as a regional economic and educational hub and a key stop on Amtrak’s Crescent passenger rail line.
- 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: Lake City, South Carolina, United States Triple: [Ronald McNair, placeOfBirth, Lake City, South Carolina, United States]
Generated description
Lake City, South Carolina, United States, is a small town best known as the birthplace of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake City, South Carolina, United States Target entity description: Lake City, South Carolina, United States, is a small town best known as the birthplace of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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A.
Tamassee, South Carolina
Tamassee, South Carolina is a small unincorporated community in Oconee County known for its scenic foothills setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains and its historical ties to Revolutionary War figure Andrew Pickens.
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B.
Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Anderson, South Carolina, United States, is a small city in the northwestern part of the state known as the "Electric City" and recognized as the hometown of actor Chadwick Boseman.
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C.
Stateburg, South Carolina, United States
Stateburg, South Carolina, United States, is a historic unincorporated community in Sumter County known for its 18th- and 19th-century heritage and association with Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter.
-
D.
Hopewell, South Carolina
Hopewell, South Carolina is a historic plantation site in the state’s Upcountry region, best known as the home of Revolutionary War general and statesman Andrew Pickens.
-
E.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Spartanburg, South Carolina is a city in the Upstate region known as a regional economic and educational hub and a key stop on Amtrak’s Crescent passenger rail line.
- 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb028226481908558c11449e1d6b6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc9b6dc9481908a83e60aee326bc4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adcaef04e88190a88f789a6370bafb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adcb8e053c819082a3d4b36afe35be |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.