Triple

T3505791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buncombe County, North Carolina E74071 entity
Predicate borderedBy P224 FINISHED
Object Madison County, North Carolina
Madison County, North Carolina is a rural Appalachian county in the western part of the state, known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historic town of Marshall along the French Broad River.
E526553 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: Madison County, North Carolina | Statement: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, Madison County, North Carolina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madison County, North Carolina
Context triple: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, Madison County, North Carolina]
  • A. Macon County, North Carolina
    Macon County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for its scenic landscapes in the Appalachian region and its county seat, Franklin.
  • B. Columbus County, North Carolina
    Columbus County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the southeastern part of the state known for its agriculture, forests, and small towns such as its county seat, Whiteville.
  • C. Warren County, North Carolina
    Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
  • D. Randolph County, North Carolina
    Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
  • E. Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Lincoln County, North Carolina is a county in the western part of the state that is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has Lincolnton as its county seat.
  • 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: Madison County, North Carolina
Triple: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, Madison County, North Carolina]
Generated description
Madison County, North Carolina is a rural Appalachian county in the western part of the state, known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historic town of Marshall along the French Broad River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madison County, North Carolina
Target entity description: Madison County, North Carolina is a rural Appalachian county in the western part of the state, known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historic town of Marshall along the French Broad River.
  • A. Macon County, North Carolina
    Macon County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for its scenic landscapes in the Appalachian region and its county seat, Franklin.
  • B. Columbus County, North Carolina
    Columbus County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the southeastern part of the state known for its agriculture, forests, and small towns such as its county seat, Whiteville.
  • C. Warren County, North Carolina
    Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
  • D. Randolph County, North Carolina
    Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
  • E. Lincoln County, North Carolina
    Lincoln County, North Carolina is a county in the western part of the state that is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has Lincolnton as its county seat.
  • 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbf38e988190998d722b95830411 completed March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfc1fe1188819097c3d382323571be completed March 22, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfc2856a048190b7c32e641495fe6c completed March 22, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfc2de851c8190a9e03844a65a71b2 completed March 22, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.