Triple
T16518943
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iowa flood of 2008 |
E401262
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entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Midwestern United States floods of 2008
The Midwestern United States floods of 2008 were a series of devastating, record-setting floods across several Midwestern states that caused widespread damage, displacement, and economic loss.
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E401262
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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: Midwestern United States floods of 2008 | Statement: [Iowa flood of 2008, partOf, Midwestern United States floods of 2008]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Midwestern United States floods of 2008 Context triple: [Iowa flood of 2008, partOf, Midwestern United States floods of 2008]
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A.
Iowa flood of 2008
The Iowa flood of 2008 was a devastating series of floods across Iowa that inundated numerous communities, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and agriculture, and led to large-scale evacuations and federal disaster declarations.
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B.
1993 Midwest floods
The 1993 Midwest floods were a catastrophic and prolonged flooding disaster along the Mississippi and Missouri River basins that caused widespread damage across several U.S. states.
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C.
2009 Red River flood
The 2009 Red River flood was a major spring flood along the Red River of the North that caused extensive flooding and emergency responses in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
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D.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
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E.
2011 Souris River flood
The 2011 Souris River flood was a devastating flooding event along the Souris River that inundated large parts of Minot, North Dakota, causing widespread damage and mass evacuations.
- 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: Midwestern United States floods of 2008 Triple: [Iowa flood of 2008, partOf, Midwestern United States floods of 2008]
Generated description
The Midwestern United States floods of 2008 were a series of devastating, record-setting floods across several Midwestern states that caused widespread damage, displacement, and economic loss.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Midwestern United States floods of 2008 Target entity description: The Midwestern United States floods of 2008 were a series of devastating, record-setting floods across several Midwestern states that caused widespread damage, displacement, and economic loss.
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A.
Iowa flood of 2008
chosen
The Iowa flood of 2008 was a devastating series of floods across Iowa that inundated numerous communities, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and agriculture, and led to large-scale evacuations and federal disaster declarations.
-
B.
1993 Midwest floods
The 1993 Midwest floods were a catastrophic and prolonged flooding disaster along the Mississippi and Missouri River basins that caused widespread damage across several U.S. states.
-
C.
2009 Red River flood
The 2009 Red River flood was a major spring flood along the Red River of the North that caused extensive flooding and emergency responses in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
-
D.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
-
E.
2011 Souris River flood
The 2011 Souris River flood was a devastating flooding event along the Souris River that inundated large parts of Minot, North Dakota, causing widespread damage and mass evacuations.
- F. None of above.
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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32e7ec45c8190b5e2c4a5f707e332 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a006086c0a881908976103f8a144f69 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a006133a9148190af5bc0cec8ad6695 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0061c85d5481909628c2fddbcf0d54 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.