Triple

T16518943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iowa flood of 2008 E401262 entity
Predicate partOf P40 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.
E401262 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]
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.