Triple

T228665
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern Methodist University E4363 entity
Predicate region P40 FINISHED
Object Southwestern United States E9670 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Southwestern United States | Statement: [Southern Methodist University, region, Southwestern United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Southwestern United States
Context triple: [Southern Methodist University, region, Southwestern United States]
  • A. southwestern United States chosen
    The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.
  • B. western United States
    The western United States is a broad region of the country known for its diverse landscapes, including major mountain ranges, deserts, and Pacific coastline, as well as large urban centers and significant cultural and economic influence.
  • C. Colorado Plateau
    The Colorado Plateau is a high, arid region of the southwestern United States renowned for its layered sedimentary rock formations, deep canyons, and iconic national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Arches.
  • D. Basin and Range Province
    The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.
  • E. North American deserts
    North American deserts are a group of major arid regions across the continent, including the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin deserts, characterized by sparse rainfall, unique desert ecosystems, and extreme temperature variations.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c9140c48190b90647400854b37e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3695d08588190892d271c03fdf1e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.