Triple
T1970160
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pharrell Williams |
E42780
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
E19817
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States | Statement: [Pharrell Williams, placeOfBirth, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States Context triple: [Pharrell Williams, placeOfBirth, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States]
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A.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
chosen
Virginia Beach is a coastal independent city in southeastern Virginia known for its extensive beaches, tourism, and status as the most populous city in the state.
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B.
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia is an independent coastal city in southeastern Virginia known for its major shipbuilding industry and large U.S. Navy presence.
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C.
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia is a historic independent port city in southeastern Virginia, known for hosting the world’s largest naval base and serving as a major cultural and economic center of the Hampton Roads region.
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D.
Colonial Beach, Virginia
Colonial Beach, Virginia is a small Potomac River resort town known for its sandy beaches, marinas, and historic charm in the Northern Neck region.
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E.
Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake, Virginia is an independent city in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia known for its mix of suburban communities, extensive wetlands, and portions of the Great Dismal Swamp.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3d17274819084cd352a3d2a8151 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0acfce948190bb714023b6dab9ed |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.