Triple

T13628805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malheur River E325657 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone
The Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone is a physiographic region in the western United States where the arid Great Basin gradually gives way to the volcanic plateaus and river systems of the Columbia Plateau.
E1050800 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: Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone | Statement: [Malheur River, locatedIn, Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone
Context triple: [Malheur River, locatedIn, Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone]
  • A. Great Basin–Southwest transition zone
    The Great Basin–Southwest transition zone is a culturally and ecologically diverse border region between the Great Basin and American Southwest, characterized by overlapping Indigenous territories, mixed desert and plateau landscapes, and hybrid cultural traditions.
  • B. Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region
    The Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region is a hydrological boundary area in the western United States where drainage basins separate between internally draining Great Basin watersheds and those that flow outward to the Pacific Ocean.
  • C. Great Basin–Colorado River transition area
    The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.
  • D. Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
    The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
  • E. Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
    The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
  • 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: Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone
Triple: [Malheur River, locatedIn, Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone]
Generated description
The Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone is a physiographic region in the western United States where the arid Great Basin gradually gives way to the volcanic plateaus and river systems of the Columbia Plateau.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone
Target entity description: The Great Basin–Columbia Plateau transition zone is a physiographic region in the western United States where the arid Great Basin gradually gives way to the volcanic plateaus and river systems of the Columbia Plateau.
  • A. Great Basin–Southwest transition zone
    The Great Basin–Southwest transition zone is a culturally and ecologically diverse border region between the Great Basin and American Southwest, characterized by overlapping Indigenous territories, mixed desert and plateau landscapes, and hybrid cultural traditions.
  • B. Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region
    The Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region is a hydrological boundary area in the western United States where drainage basins separate between internally draining Great Basin watersheds and those that flow outward to the Pacific Ocean.
  • C. Great Basin–Colorado River transition area
    The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.
  • D. Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
    The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
  • E. Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
    The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
  • 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_69d8076beddc8190a53156f5bea77f5e completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbbe9d803481908101def32817b0eb completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f77fa895f081908f72a0746afeabed completed May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f78070e95c819088982e26fe2d8e26 completed May 3, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7815a858c8190a9ae47012d04f8e1 completed May 3, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:51 p.m.