Triple

T21492341

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	2016 Kaikōura earthquake	`E530267`	entity
Predicate	epicenterNear	`P350`	FINISHED
Object	Waiau, North Canterbury	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Waiau, North Canterbury | Statement: [2016 Kaikōura earthquake, epicenterNear, Waiau, North Canterbury]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waiau, North Canterbury
Context triple: [2016 Kaikōura earthquake, epicenterNear, Waiau, North Canterbury]

A. Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia is a small town in New Zealand’s Waikato region, known as a significant Māori cultural center and the location of Turangawaewae Marae, the principal marae of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement).
B. Northern Wairoa
Northern Wairoa is a region in Northland, New Zealand, centered around the Wairoa River and its surrounding rural communities.
C. Waiouru
Waiouru is a small military town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known for its army training camp and proximity to the volcanic plateau.
D. Wairoa (Tauranga)
Wairoa (Tauranga) is a locality in the Tauranga area of New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region that serves as a marae site and cultural focal point for the Ngāti Ranginui iwi.
E. Waitaha
Waitaha is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand with ancestral connections to the southern regions, including the area now encompassed by Rakiura National Park.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Waiau, North Canterbury
Target entity description: Waiau, North Canterbury is a small rural township in New Zealand’s South Island that gained prominence as the area closest to the epicenter of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.

A. Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia is a small town in New Zealand’s Waikato region, known as a significant Māori cultural center and the location of Turangawaewae Marae, the principal marae of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement).
B. Northern Wairoa
Northern Wairoa is a region in Northland, New Zealand, centered around the Wairoa River and its surrounding rural communities.
C. Waiouru
Waiouru is a small military town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known for its army training camp and proximity to the volcanic plateau.
D. Wairoa (Tauranga)
Wairoa (Tauranga) is a locality in the Tauranga area of New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region that serves as a marae site and cultural focal point for the Ngāti Ranginui iwi.
E. Waitaha
Waitaha is a Māori iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa New Zealand with ancestral connections to the southern regions, including the area now encompassed by Rakiura National Park.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0c45bd15481909fba5910765cdda2`	completed	April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e9ea3ba2fc81909638bbb3e1d92ea5`	completed	April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:23 p.m.