Triple
T3151114
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
E65878
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Spotswood
Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
|
E331220
|
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: Alexander Spotswood | Statement: [Spotsylvania County, Virginia, namedAfter, Alexander Spotswood]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Spotswood Context triple: [Spotsylvania County, Virginia, namedAfter, Alexander Spotswood]
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A.
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.
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B.
George Ross
George Ross was an American lawyer and Continental Congress delegate from Pennsylvania who signed the Declaration of Independence and was related to flag-maker Betsy Ross.
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C.
William R. Broughton
William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.
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D.
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an English nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the Fairfax family in the Scottish peerage in the early 17th century.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th 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: Alexander Spotswood Triple: [Spotsylvania County, Virginia, namedAfter, Alexander Spotswood]
Generated description
Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Spotswood Target entity description: Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
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A.
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.
-
B.
George Ross
George Ross was an American lawyer and Continental Congress delegate from Pennsylvania who signed the Declaration of Independence and was related to flag-maker Betsy Ross.
-
C.
William R. Broughton
William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.
-
D.
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an English nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the Fairfax family in the Scottish peerage in the early 17th century.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th 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_69ad8584485081909ed529e890cadc4a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada5c145248190843ff3b1701074a1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b224fd22ac81909867d0cc150986a5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b225896c4c81909e875a2d357e7bc5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b225fef06081908dcd8201def1ad95 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:05 p.m.