Triple

T183371
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Amherst, New York E3925 entity
Predicate hasRiver P165 FINISHED
Object Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda Creek is a tributary of the Niagara River in western New York that flows through communities such as Amherst and forms part of the Erie Canal.
E64220 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: Tonawanda Creek | Statement: [Amherst, New York, hasRiver, Tonawanda Creek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonawanda Creek
Context triple: [Amherst, New York, hasRiver, Tonawanda Creek]
  • A. Niagara River
    The Niagara River is a short but powerful river in North America that flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and is renowned for forming the famous Niagara Falls along the U.S.–Canada border.
  • B. Esopus Creek
    Esopus Creek is a scenic stream in New York’s Catskill Mountains known for trout fishing, recreation, and its role in the New York City water supply system.
  • C. West Branch Croton River
    West Branch Croton River is a major tributary of New York’s Croton River, flowing through Putnam County and contributing to the New York City water supply system.
  • D. Rondout Creek
    Rondout Creek is a significant stream in southeastern New York that flows through the Catskill region and the city of Kingston before joining the Hudson River.
  • E. Cayuga Inlet
    Cayuga Inlet is a waterway in Ithaca, New York, that flows into the southern end of Cayuga Lake and is central to the city's waterfront and recreational activities.
  • 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: Tonawanda Creek
Triple: [Amherst, New York, hasRiver, Tonawanda Creek]
Generated description
Tonawanda Creek is a tributary of the Niagara River in western New York that flows through communities such as Amherst and forms part of the Erie Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tonawanda Creek
Target entity description: Tonawanda Creek is a tributary of the Niagara River in western New York that flows through communities such as Amherst and forms part of the Erie Canal.
  • A. Niagara River
    The Niagara River is a short but powerful river in North America that flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and is renowned for forming the famous Niagara Falls along the U.S.–Canada border.
  • B. Esopus Creek
    Esopus Creek is a scenic stream in New York’s Catskill Mountains known for trout fishing, recreation, and its role in the New York City water supply system.
  • C. West Branch Croton River
    West Branch Croton River is a major tributary of New York’s Croton River, flowing through Putnam County and contributing to the New York City water supply system.
  • D. Rondout Creek
    Rondout Creek is a significant stream in southeastern New York that flows through the Catskill region and the city of Kingston before joining the Hudson River.
  • E. Cayuga Inlet
    Cayuga Inlet is a waterway in Ithaca, New York, that flows into the southern end of Cayuga Lake and is central to the city's waterfront and recreational activities.
  • 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25926be9c8190a4cfce66f57589d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4a146fcc8819095b8d793864fbab1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4a1ef80a081908d6a8663e6069f46 completed March 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a3164ee48190b11df515250996f8 completed March 1, 2026, 8:35 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.