Triple

T2869722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Route 501 E63528 entity
Predicate crossesStateLine P13729 FINISHED
Object Virginia–North Carolina border
The Virginia–North Carolina border is the state line separating Virginia and North Carolina in the eastern United States, running west–east from the Appalachian region toward the Atlantic coastal plain.
E306088 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: Virginia–North Carolina border | Statement: [U.S. Route 501, crossesStateLine, Virginia–North Carolina border]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia–North Carolina border
Context triple: [U.S. Route 501, crossesStateLine, Virginia–North Carolina border]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Tennessee–North Carolina border
    The Tennessee–North Carolina border is a mountainous state line in the southeastern United States, much of which runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. Tennessee–Virginia state line
    The Tennessee–Virginia state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, famously running through the twin cities of Bristol in both states.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment)
    The Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment) is the portion of Amtrak’s Carolinian passenger rail service that operates through North Carolina and Virginia, linking cities in these states with the rest of the route.
  • 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: Virginia–North Carolina border
Triple: [U.S. Route 501, crossesStateLine, Virginia–North Carolina border]
Generated description
The Virginia–North Carolina border is the state line separating Virginia and North Carolina in the eastern United States, running west–east from the Appalachian region toward the Atlantic coastal plain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virginia–North Carolina border
Target entity description: The Virginia–North Carolina border is the state line separating Virginia and North Carolina in the eastern United States, running west–east from the Appalachian region toward the Atlantic coastal plain.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Tennessee–North Carolina border
    The Tennessee–North Carolina border is a mountainous state line in the southeastern United States, much of which runs along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • C. Tennessee–Virginia state line
    The Tennessee–Virginia state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, famously running through the twin cities of Bristol in both states.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment)
    The Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment) is the portion of Amtrak’s Carolinian passenger rail service that operates through North Carolina and Virginia, linking cities in these states with the rest of the route.
  • 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_69ab4c42fb8c8190b36e161d47c03b81 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfe15ff081908dd1dad62c292b2b completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01dabb19c8190822ac992ab764446 completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b01e34639c8190b1c6e8a14cd31d96 completed March 10, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b01f5a6784819089499926fb115d9c completed March 10, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.