Triple

T16299826
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McNary Lock and Dam E395753 entity
Predicate isOnBorderOf P23990 FINISHED
Object Oregon–Washington state line
The Oregon–Washington state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, running largely along the Columbia River and defining their shared jurisdiction.
E1205807 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: Oregon–Washington state line | Statement: [McNary Lock and Dam, isOnBorderOf, Oregon–Washington state line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oregon–Washington state line
Context triple: [McNary Lock and Dam, isOnBorderOf, Oregon–Washington state line]
  • A. Oregon–Idaho border
    The Oregon–Idaho border is the interstate boundary in the northwestern United States that largely follows natural features such as the Snake River and includes the deep gorge of Hells Canyon.
  • B. Oregon–California border
    The Oregon–California border is the state line separating Oregon and California in the western United States, running from the Pacific coast inland across diverse terrain including mountains, forests, and river valleys.
  • C. La Grande, Oregon
    La Grande, Oregon is a small city in northeastern Oregon that serves as a regional hub for Eastern Oregon and is home to Eastern Oregon University.
  • D. Northwestern Oregon
    Northwestern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon that includes the Portland metropolitan area and surrounding communities near the Columbia River and Pacific Coast.
  • E. The Dalles–Celilo reach of the Columbia River
    The Dalles–Celilo reach of the Columbia River is a historically and culturally significant stretch of the river in the Pacific Northwest, once renowned for its powerful rapids and rich Indigenous fishing sites before being largely submerged by dam construction.
  • 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: Oregon–Washington state line
Triple: [McNary Lock and Dam, isOnBorderOf, Oregon–Washington state line]
Generated description
The Oregon–Washington state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, running largely along the Columbia River and defining their shared jurisdiction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oregon–Washington state line
Target entity description: The Oregon–Washington state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, running largely along the Columbia River and defining their shared jurisdiction.
  • A. Oregon–Idaho border
    The Oregon–Idaho border is the interstate boundary in the northwestern United States that largely follows natural features such as the Snake River and includes the deep gorge of Hells Canyon.
  • B. Oregon–California border
    The Oregon–California border is the state line separating Oregon and California in the western United States, running from the Pacific coast inland across diverse terrain including mountains, forests, and river valleys.
  • C. La Grande, Oregon
    La Grande, Oregon is a small city in northeastern Oregon that serves as a regional hub for Eastern Oregon and is home to Eastern Oregon University.
  • D. Northwestern Oregon
    Northwestern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon that includes the Portland metropolitan area and surrounding communities near the Columbia River and Pacific Coast.
  • E. The Dalles–Celilo reach of the Columbia River
    The Dalles–Celilo reach of the Columbia River is a historically and culturally significant stretch of the river in the Pacific Northwest, once renowned for its powerful rapids and rich Indigenous fishing sites before being largely submerged by dam construction.
  • 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e25e31c9e8819094593f3aeb44f2ca completed April 17, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a001f9d7ef48190b7acebebcb9608c3 completed May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0021459c4081908e4c1d2e0bc8a5be completed May 10, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0022247e908190842ca6186b4e9c4c completed May 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.