Triple

T6234370
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lake Norman E139436 entity
Predicate impoundedBy P10781 FINISHED
Object Cowans Ford Dam
Cowans Ford Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that created Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made lake.
E596649 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: Cowans Ford Dam | Statement: [Lake Norman, impoundedBy, Cowans Ford Dam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowans Ford Dam
Context triple: [Lake Norman, impoundedBy, Cowans Ford Dam]
  • A. Wells Dam
    Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
  • B. Forestville Dam
    Forestville Dam is a hydroelectric and recreational dam located on the Dead River near Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
  • C. Tuckertown Dam
    Tuckertown Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina that forms Tuckertown Reservoir as part of a series of power-generating dams along the river.
  • D. Fife Brook Dam
    Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • E. Summersville Dam
    Summersville Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia, known for creating Summersville Lake and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • 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: Cowans Ford Dam
Triple: [Lake Norman, impoundedBy, Cowans Ford Dam]
Generated description
Cowans Ford Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that created Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made lake.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowans Ford Dam
Target entity description: Cowans Ford Dam is a hydroelectric and flood-control dam on the Catawba River in North Carolina that created Lake Norman, the state’s largest man-made lake.
  • A. Wells Dam
    Wells Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, known for its distinctive hydrocombine design and role in regional power generation and fish passage.
  • B. Forestville Dam
    Forestville Dam is a hydroelectric and recreational dam located on the Dead River near Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
  • C. Tuckertown Dam
    Tuckertown Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina that forms Tuckertown Reservoir as part of a series of power-generating dams along the river.
  • D. Fife Brook Dam
    Fife Brook Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts, known for regulating river flow and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • E. Summersville Dam
    Summersville Dam is a large rock-fill dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia, known for creating Summersville Lake and supporting popular whitewater recreation downstream.
  • 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_69c008b0e7ac8190808a59573ee646f3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062f103a08190b1fb44234832178e completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6537b6f108190a5f7084412537d11 completed March 27, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c655afe8b88190a4d9ba83126e71af completed March 27, 2026, 10:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c65613a30c81908c737122e1005290 completed March 27, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.