Triple
T6234394
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lake Norman |
E139436
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman Atwater Cocke
Norman Atwater Cocke was a prominent Duke Power Company executive after whom North Carolina’s Lake Norman was named.
|
E587718
|
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: Norman Atwater Cocke | Statement: [Lake Norman, namedAfter, Norman Atwater Cocke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Atwater Cocke Context triple: [Lake Norman, namedAfter, Norman Atwater Cocke]
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A.
Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil H. Underwood was an American naturalist and field collector known for his extensive work on the mammals and birds of Central America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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C.
Henry N. Parsley Jr.
Henry N. Parsley Jr. is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership in the Episcopal Church and his tenure guiding the Diocese of Alabama.
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D.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Lofton R. Henderson
Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
- 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: Norman Atwater Cocke Triple: [Lake Norman, namedAfter, Norman Atwater Cocke]
Generated description
Norman Atwater Cocke was a prominent Duke Power Company executive after whom North Carolina’s Lake Norman was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Atwater Cocke Target entity description: Norman Atwater Cocke was a prominent Duke Power Company executive after whom North Carolina’s Lake Norman was named.
-
A.
Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil H. Underwood was an American naturalist and field collector known for his extensive work on the mammals and birds of Central America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
-
C.
Henry N. Parsley Jr.
Henry N. Parsley Jr. is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership in the Episcopal Church and his tenure guiding the Diocese of Alabama.
-
D.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
-
E.
Lofton R. Henderson
Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
- 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_69c62d17de1c8190a1f09c9e00860bcd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c62f020d808190a59cbab15a9ca5dc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c62fbbf58881908e872a6a67676fac |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.