Triple
T3773195
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norfolk and Western Railway |
E83243
|
entity |
| Predicate | headquartersLocation |
P62
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Roanoke, Virginia |
E189942
|
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: Roanoke, Virginia | Statement: [Norfolk and Western Railway, headquartersLocation, Roanoke, Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roanoke, Virginia Context triple: [Norfolk and Western Railway, headquartersLocation, Roanoke, Virginia]
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A.
Roanoke, Virginia
chosen
Roanoke, Virginia is an independent city in western Virginia known as the commercial and cultural hub of the Roanoke Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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B.
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia is an independent city in south-central Virginia known for its strategic importance and extensive trench warfare during the American Civil War.
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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.
Kingstowne, Virginia
Kingstowne, Virginia is a large planned suburban community in Fairfax County near Alexandria, known for its residential neighborhoods, town center, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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E.
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol, Virginia is a small independent city in southwestern Virginia known for its shared border and twin-city relationship with Bristol, Tennessee, and its deep roots in country music history.
- 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_69ad8b235e608190b5a2b1d1bfcef50b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcc57c9e48190a0f254e47348bf32 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5336b8d308190a1886ab637173b35 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.