Triple
T18066061
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roland B. Dixon |
E432295
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Shasta
The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
|
E417261
|
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: The Shasta | Statement: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shasta Context triple: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
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A.
Shasta
Shasta is the live cougar mascot that represents the University of Houston Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Shasta
Shasta are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their distinct language and cultural practices tied to the Klamath and Shasta river regions.
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C.
Oroville
Oroville is a small city in Northern California known for its proximity to the Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville recreation area.
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D.
Shasta River
The Shasta River is a northern California waterway that flows through Siskiyou County and agricultural valleys before joining the Klamath River.
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E.
Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.
- 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: The Shasta Triple: [Roland B. Dixon, notableWork, The Shasta]
Generated description
The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shasta Target entity description: The Shasta is an ethnographic work by anthropologist Roland B. Dixon that documents the culture, language, and traditions of the Shasta people of northern California.
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A.
Shasta
Shasta is the live cougar mascot that represents the University of Houston Cougars athletic teams.
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B.
Shasta
chosen
Shasta are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their distinct language and cultural practices tied to the Klamath and Shasta river regions.
-
C.
Oroville
Oroville is a small city in Northern California known for its proximity to the Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville recreation area.
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D.
Shasta River
The Shasta River is a northern California waterway that flows through Siskiyou County and agricultural valleys before joining the Klamath River.
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E.
Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.
- 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4cce97ce08190a2f8762ce545e091 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a035670159081909bc8c626318253a2 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 4:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03576c04e881908f76694f053d709a |
completed | May 12, 2026, 4:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0357f78a7c819083d57f330083698e |
completed | May 12, 2026, 4:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.