Triple

T21035532
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smoky River E518179 entity
Predicate locatedInRegion P40 FINISHED
Object northwestern Alberta
Northwestern Alberta is a sparsely populated region of northern Alberta, Canada, characterized by boreal forests, river valleys, and resource-based communities centered on forestry, agriculture, and oil and gas.
E291452 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: northwestern Alberta | Statement: [Smoky River, locatedInRegion, northwestern Alberta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northwestern Alberta
Context triple: [Smoky River, locatedInRegion, northwestern Alberta]
  • A. northern Alberta
    Northern Alberta is a sparsely populated, resource-rich region of the Canadian province of Alberta, characterized by boreal forests, oil sands, and subarctic landscapes.
  • B. western Alberta
    Western Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its Rocky Mountain landscapes, national parks, and outdoor recreation areas along the province’s western border.
  • C. southern Alberta
    Southern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its prairie landscapes, ranching and agricultural economy, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
  • D. southeastern Alberta
    Southeastern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its semi-arid prairie landscape, agriculture, and small industrial towns such as Redcliff and Medicine Hat.
  • E. Central Alberta
    Central Alberta is a predominantly agricultural and resource-based region in the province of Alberta, Canada, situated between Edmonton and Calgary and centered around the city of Red Deer.
  • 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: northwestern Alberta
Triple: [Smoky River, locatedInRegion, northwestern Alberta]
Generated description
Northwestern Alberta is a sparsely populated region of northern Alberta, Canada, characterized by boreal forests, river valleys, and resource-based communities centered on forestry, agriculture, and oil and gas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: northwestern Alberta
Target entity description: Northwestern Alberta is a sparsely populated region of northern Alberta, Canada, characterized by boreal forests, river valleys, and resource-based communities centered on forestry, agriculture, and oil and gas.
  • A. northern Alberta chosen
    Northern Alberta is a sparsely populated, resource-rich region of the Canadian province of Alberta, characterized by boreal forests, oil sands, and subarctic landscapes.
  • B. western Alberta
    Western Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its Rocky Mountain landscapes, national parks, and outdoor recreation areas along the province’s western border.
  • C. southern Alberta
    Southern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its prairie landscapes, ranching and agricultural economy, and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.
  • D. southeastern Alberta
    Southeastern Alberta is a region of Alberta, Canada, characterized by its semi-arid prairie landscape, agriculture, and small industrial towns such as Redcliff and Medicine Hat.
  • E. Central Alberta
    Central Alberta is a predominantly agricultural and resource-based region in the province of Alberta, Canada, situated between Edmonton and Calgary and centered around the city of Red Deer.
  • 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_69e0b503275c8190afd9a163f997c709 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fc858d808190a8489aac801a4f51 completed April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09ad4974688190a52fdccad3a29089 completed May 17, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09ae3744588190877e88dd38a80ebd completed May 17, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09af2184808190b42b5073e90bd83d completed May 17, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:02 p.m.