Triple
T18601859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire in the Pacific Northwest |
E454637
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyEvent |
P811
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
San Juan Islands boundary arbitration
The San Juan Islands boundary arbitration was an 1872 international dispute resolution in which Kaiser Wilhelm I’s commission settled the maritime border between the United States and the British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, awarding the San Juan Islands to the U.S.
|
E1333810
|
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: San Juan Islands boundary arbitration | Statement: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyEvent, San Juan Islands boundary arbitration]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Islands boundary arbitration Context triple: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyEvent, San Juan Islands boundary arbitration]
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A.
Alaska Boundary Tribunal of 1903
The Alaska Boundary Tribunal of 1903 was an international arbitration panel that settled the long-disputed border between Alaska and Canada, particularly clarifying territorial claims along the Pacific coast.
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B.
Nootka Crisis
The Nootka Crisis was an 18th-century diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Spain over territorial and trading rights on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, which nearly led to war before being resolved through negotiation.
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C.
Treaty of Washington (1855)
The Treaty of Washington (1855) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest that ceded large areas of tribal land in exchange for reservations, annuities, and certain retained rights such as fishing.
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D.
United States–Canada maritime boundary
The United States–Canada maritime boundary is the internationally recognized sea border that delineates the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones between the two countries across the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans.
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E.
Beagle Channel dispute
The Beagle Channel dispute was a territorial conflict between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries at the southern tip of South America that brought the two countries to the brink of war in the late 1970s.
- 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: San Juan Islands boundary arbitration Triple: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyEvent, San Juan Islands boundary arbitration]
Generated description
The San Juan Islands boundary arbitration was an 1872 international dispute resolution in which Kaiser Wilhelm I’s commission settled the maritime border between the United States and the British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, awarding the San Juan Islands to the U.S.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Islands boundary arbitration Target entity description: The San Juan Islands boundary arbitration was an 1872 international dispute resolution in which Kaiser Wilhelm I’s commission settled the maritime border between the United States and the British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, awarding the San Juan Islands to the U.S.
-
A.
Alaska Boundary Tribunal of 1903
The Alaska Boundary Tribunal of 1903 was an international arbitration panel that settled the long-disputed border between Alaska and Canada, particularly clarifying territorial claims along the Pacific coast.
-
B.
Nootka Crisis
The Nootka Crisis was an 18th-century diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Spain over territorial and trading rights on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, which nearly led to war before being resolved through negotiation.
-
C.
Treaty of Washington (1855)
The Treaty of Washington (1855) was an agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest that ceded large areas of tribal land in exchange for reservations, annuities, and certain retained rights such as fishing.
-
D.
United States–Canada maritime boundary
The United States–Canada maritime boundary is the internationally recognized sea border that delineates the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones between the two countries across the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans.
-
E.
Beagle Channel dispute
The Beagle Channel dispute was a territorial conflict between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries at the southern tip of South America that brought the two countries to the brink of war in the late 1970s.
- 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5475112608190acacc5ac7a08c4a0 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0503837dfc81908ce5eb5e9f1f6a89 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0506b8e2e88190aa9c0ead1c05f06a |
completed | May 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a050731c3208190a13ecc77eb9ac9ea |
completed | May 13, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.