Triple
T5851323
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James E. Shepard |
E130036
|
entity |
| Predicate | residence |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Durham, North Carolina |
E158
|
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: Durham, North Carolina | Statement: [James E. Shepard, residence, Durham, North Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Durham, North Carolina Context triple: [James E. Shepard, residence, Durham, North Carolina]
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A.
Durham, North Carolina
chosen
Durham, North Carolina is a major city in the Research Triangle region known for Duke University, a strong research and tech economy, and a rich civil rights and tobacco-industry history.
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B.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a vibrant college town best known as the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a key part of the Research Triangle region.
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C.
Durham
Durham is a historic cathedral city in northeast England known for its Norman architecture and prestigious university.
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D.
Durham
Durham is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, encompassing several communities east of Toronto including cities like Whitby and Oshawa.
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E.
Newton, North Carolina
Newton, North Carolina is a small city in Catawba County that serves as the county seat and lies within the Piedmont region of the state.
- 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c035176c8c81909e24d263e4feb664 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c107f608c48190b613741bf2686af7 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 9:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.