Triple

T1488481
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Olmec civilization E29522 entity
Predicate period P302 FINISHED
Object Formative period of Mesoamerica
The Formative period of Mesoamerica was an early era of cultural development (roughly 2000–200 BCE) marked by the rise of complex societies, urban centers, and foundational religious and artistic traditions that shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations.
E170963 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: Formative period of Mesoamerica | Statement: [Olmec civilization, period, Formative period of Mesoamerica]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formative period of Mesoamerica
Context triple: [Olmec civilization, period, Formative period of Mesoamerica]
  • A. Classic period in Mesoamerica
    The Classic period in Mesoamerica was a flourishing era (roughly 250–900 CE) marked by the rise of great city-states like Teotihuacan, Tikal, and Palenque, characterized by monumental architecture, complex writing and calendrical systems, and extensive trade networks.
  • B. Archaic period in the Americas
    The Archaic period in the Americas was a long prehistoric era marked by hunter-gatherer societies gradually adopting more settled lifeways, regional diversification, and early plant domestication before the rise of complex agricultural civilizations.
  • C. Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
    The Postclassic period of Mesoamerica was the final pre-Columbian era (roughly 900–1521 CE) marked by intensified warfare, long-distance trade, urban centers, and powerful states such as the Aztec Empire.
  • D. Pre-Columbian era
    The Pre-Columbian era refers to the period in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and subsequent European contact, characterized by diverse and complex Indigenous civilizations and cultures.
  • E. Early Intermediate Period
    The Early Intermediate Period was a formative era in ancient Peruvian history (roughly 200 BCE–600 CE) marked by the rise of regional cultures and monumental architecture along the coast and highlands.
  • 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: Formative period of Mesoamerica
Triple: [Olmec civilization, period, Formative period of Mesoamerica]
Generated description
The Formative period of Mesoamerica was an early era of cultural development (roughly 2000–200 BCE) marked by the rise of complex societies, urban centers, and foundational religious and artistic traditions that shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Formative period of Mesoamerica
Target entity description: The Formative period of Mesoamerica was an early era of cultural development (roughly 2000–200 BCE) marked by the rise of complex societies, urban centers, and foundational religious and artistic traditions that shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations.
  • A. Classic period in Mesoamerica
    The Classic period in Mesoamerica was a flourishing era (roughly 250–900 CE) marked by the rise of great city-states like Teotihuacan, Tikal, and Palenque, characterized by monumental architecture, complex writing and calendrical systems, and extensive trade networks.
  • B. Archaic period in the Americas
    The Archaic period in the Americas was a long prehistoric era marked by hunter-gatherer societies gradually adopting more settled lifeways, regional diversification, and early plant domestication before the rise of complex agricultural civilizations.
  • C. Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
    The Postclassic period of Mesoamerica was the final pre-Columbian era (roughly 900–1521 CE) marked by intensified warfare, long-distance trade, urban centers, and powerful states such as the Aztec Empire.
  • D. Pre-Columbian era
    The Pre-Columbian era refers to the period in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and subsequent European contact, characterized by diverse and complex Indigenous civilizations and cultures.
  • E. Early Intermediate Period
    The Early Intermediate Period was a formative era in ancient Peruvian history (roughly 200 BCE–600 CE) marked by the rise of regional cultures and monumental architecture along the coast and highlands.
  • 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_69a498da82e08190ba833330d05f380f completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6a44efc819084254614d8ea4669 completed March 1, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad1ca7804c8190b6818ff344908028 completed March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad1cfdd8788190b3c9f6e0d49ec350 completed March 8, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad1d75f4f8819090c397a4b2d3f839 completed March 8, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.