Triple

T17834233
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bella Bella people E445340 entity
Predicate culturalRegion P1968 FINISHED
Object Northwest Coast culture area
The Northwest Coast culture area is a region along the Pacific coast of North America characterized by complex Indigenous societies known for rich artistic traditions, elaborate social hierarchies, and a subsistence economy based on abundant marine resources.
E72453 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: Northwest Coast culture area | Statement: [Bella Bella people, culturalRegion, Northwest Coast culture area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwest Coast culture area
Context triple: [Bella Bella people, culturalRegion, Northwest Coast culture area]
  • A. Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
    Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples are the diverse First Nations and Native American societies of the coastal regions of present-day British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska, known for their complex social structures, rich ceremonial traditions, and distinctive art forms such as totem poles and elaborate wood carvings.
  • B. Coast Salish region
    The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
  • C. Ais culture area
    The Ais culture area refers to the coastal region of southeastern Florida historically inhabited by the Ais people, a Native American group known for their maritime lifeways and interactions with early European explorers.
  • D. Northwest Coast Sprachbund
    The Northwest Coast Sprachbund is a linguistic area in the Pacific Northwest where diverse Indigenous languages, such as Halkomelem, have converged to share structural features through long-term contact.
  • E. Pomo cultural area
    The Pomo cultural area is a region in Northern California traditionally inhabited by the Pomo peoples, characterized by diverse languages, intricate basketry, and a rich hunter-gatherer tradition tied to local river, lake, and coastal environments.
  • 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: Northwest Coast culture area
Triple: [Bella Bella people, culturalRegion, Northwest Coast culture area]
Generated description
The Northwest Coast culture area is a region along the Pacific coast of North America characterized by complex Indigenous societies known for rich artistic traditions, elaborate social hierarchies, and a subsistence economy based on abundant marine resources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwest Coast culture area
Target entity description: The Northwest Coast culture area is a region along the Pacific coast of North America characterized by complex Indigenous societies known for rich artistic traditions, elaborate social hierarchies, and a subsistence economy based on abundant marine resources.
  • A. Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples chosen
    Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples are the diverse First Nations and Native American societies of the coastal regions of present-day British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska, known for their complex social structures, rich ceremonial traditions, and distinctive art forms such as totem poles and elaborate wood carvings.
  • B. Coast Salish region
    The Coast Salish region is a cultural and geographic area of the Pacific Northwest encompassing the traditional territories of numerous Coast Salish Indigenous peoples, including the Suquamish, characterized by shared languages, customs, and maritime lifeways.
  • C. Ais culture area
    The Ais culture area refers to the coastal region of southeastern Florida historically inhabited by the Ais people, a Native American group known for their maritime lifeways and interactions with early European explorers.
  • D. Northwest Coast Sprachbund
    The Northwest Coast Sprachbund is a linguistic area in the Pacific Northwest where diverse Indigenous languages, such as Halkomelem, have converged to share structural features through long-term contact.
  • E. Pomo cultural area
    The Pomo cultural area is a region in Northern California traditionally inhabited by the Pomo peoples, characterized by diverse languages, intricate basketry, and a rich hunter-gatherer tradition tied to local river, lake, and coastal environments.
  • 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_69d8b9f1a6d881909f024bc603111cdb completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e48d2635a081909d4d48d22e260f8e completed April 19, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0306f83e748190b9d111b12ee8e0b8 completed May 12, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0308403f7c81908570458c944eae34 completed May 12, 2026, 11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0308d5d69481908402f366e561b8c0 completed May 12, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:15 a.m.