Triple

T6574932
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sampson County E155536 entity
Predicate seat P75 FINISHED
Object Clinton, North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known as the principal commercial and cultural center of Sampson County.
 E681344 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Clinton, North Carolina | Statement: [Sampson County, seat, Clinton, North Carolina]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clinton, North Carolina
Context triple: [Sampson County, seat, Clinton, North Carolina]
  • A. Wilson, North Carolina
    Wilson, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known historically for tobacco and agriculture and now for its diversified economy and regional cultural attractions.
  • B. Kelly, North Carolina
    Kelly, North Carolina is a small unincorporated community and rural area located in Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina.
  • C. Columbia, North Carolina
    Columbia, North Carolina is a small town in Tyrrell County known as a gateway to the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula and nearby coastal wildlife refuges.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Cornelius, North Carolina
    Cornelius, North Carolina is a suburban lakeside town in Mecklenburg County known for its recreational access to Lake Norman and proximity to Charlotte.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clinton, North Carolina
Target entity description: Clinton, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known as the principal commercial and cultural center of Sampson County.
  • A. Wilson, North Carolina
    Wilson, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known historically for tobacco and agriculture and now for its diversified economy and regional cultural attractions.
  • B. Kelly, North Carolina
    Kelly, North Carolina is a small unincorporated community and rural area located in Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina.
  • C. Columbia, North Carolina
    Columbia, North Carolina is a small town in Tyrrell County known as a gateway to the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula and nearby coastal wildlife refuges.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Cornelius, North Carolina
    Cornelius, North Carolina is a suburban lakeside town in Mecklenburg County known for its recreational access to Lake Norman and proximity to Charlotte.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Clinton, North Carolina
Triple: [Sampson County, seat, Clinton, North Carolina]
Generated description
Clinton, North Carolina is a small city in eastern North Carolina known as the principal commercial and cultural center of Sampson County.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c688151254819080387f87deab8fa7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6ae725f988190bacdbeb493b758cf ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8a1f8da648190987fad6e37620cef ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c8a3a570948190ba733c3c858d4bfd ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c8a2fd5a348190a952f6cc3e622474 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:53 p.m.