Triple

T14626114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watauga River E343350 entity
Predicate crossesBorderBetween P4105 FINISHED
Object Tennessee and North Carolina
Tennessee and North Carolina are neighboring U.S. states in the southeastern region of the country, sharing a long, mountainous border along the Appalachian range.
E1109932 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: Tennessee and North Carolina | Statement: [Watauga River, crossesBorderBetween, Tennessee and North Carolina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennessee and North Carolina
Context triple: [Watauga River, crossesBorderBetween, Tennessee and North Carolina]
  • A. Tennessee and Virginia
    Tennessee and Virginia are neighboring U.S. states in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions that share a long border running through the Appalachian Mountains.
  • B. Tennessee (eastern portion)
    Tennessee (eastern portion) is the part of the U.S. state of Tennessee located in the Appalachian region, including cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga, known for its mountainous terrain and cultural ties to the American South.
  • C. North Carolina
    North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its diverse geography from Atlantic beaches to the Appalachian Mountains, major cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, and a strong presence in finance, research, and higher education.
  • D. Tennessee and Arkansas
    Tennessee and Arkansas are neighboring U.S. states in the South whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
  • E. Carolinas
    The Carolinas are a region of the southeastern United States comprising the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • 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: Tennessee and North Carolina
Triple: [Watauga River, crossesBorderBetween, Tennessee and North Carolina]
Generated description
Tennessee and North Carolina are neighboring U.S. states in the southeastern region of the country, sharing a long, mountainous border along the Appalachian range.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tennessee and North Carolina
Target entity description: Tennessee and North Carolina are neighboring U.S. states in the southeastern region of the country, sharing a long, mountainous border along the Appalachian range.
  • A. Tennessee and Virginia
    Tennessee and Virginia are neighboring U.S. states in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions that share a long border running through the Appalachian Mountains.
  • B. Tennessee (eastern portion)
    Tennessee (eastern portion) is the part of the U.S. state of Tennessee located in the Appalachian region, including cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga, known for its mountainous terrain and cultural ties to the American South.
  • C. North Carolina
    North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its diverse geography from Atlantic beaches to the Appalachian Mountains, major cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, and a strong presence in finance, research, and higher education.
  • D. Tennessee and Arkansas
    Tennessee and Arkansas are neighboring U.S. states in the South whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
  • E. Carolinas
    The Carolinas are a region of the southeastern United States comprising the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • 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_69d822dffc3c8190aa173b90761bffda completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb46a4a9081908472b0a542028a7f completed April 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fda92a6b9c8190bdb220444cfbe34a completed May 8, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdb1ad32a4819088e5831f3d74ea4e completed May 8, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdb316479c81909343196bb89e5e57 completed May 8, 2026, 9:55 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:26 a.m.