Triple
T18161227
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clarence Edward Smith |
E434765
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Danville, Virginia, United States |
E77281
|
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: Danville, Virginia, United States | Statement: [Clarence Edward Smith, placeOfBirth, Danville, Virginia, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danville, Virginia, United States Context triple: [Clarence Edward Smith, placeOfBirth, Danville, Virginia, United States]
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A.
Danville, Virginia
chosen
Danville, Virginia is an independent city in southern Virginia known for its historical role in the tobacco and textile industries and as the last capital of the Confederacy.
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B.
Merrifield, Virginia
Merrifield, Virginia is a suburban community in Fairfax County just outside Washington, D.C., known for its mixed-use developments, shopping, and dining options.
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C.
Lexington, Virginia, United States
Lexington, Virginia, United States is a small historic city in the Shenandoah Valley known for its preserved 19th-century architecture and as the home of Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute.
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D.
Springfield, Virginia
Springfield, Virginia is a suburban community in Fairfax County just south of Washington, D.C., known as a major transportation hub and residential area in Northern Virginia.
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E.
Lovettsville, Virginia
Lovettsville, Virginia is a small historic town in northern Virginia near the Potomac River, known for its rural character and proximity to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4dec21e6081909070491f679c873c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a038fc09ae881908ff6e7e8226a19bc |
completed | May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.