Triple
T2395069
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Pacific Railroad |
E47630
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedInRegion |
P6665
|
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 Pacific Railroad, operatedInRegion, Southwestern United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern United States Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, operatedInRegion, Southwestern United States]
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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.
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B.
Southwest Arizona
Southwest Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its hot, arid climate, border communities, and proximity to the Colorado River and Mexico.
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C.
Southern Arizona
Southern Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its warm climate, Sonoran Desert landscapes, and major urban center Tucson.
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D.
southeastern Arizona
Southeastern Arizona is a region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its desert landscapes, mountain ranges, and proximity to the U.S.–Mexico border.
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E.
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West is a region of the western United States characterized by its arid basins, high plateaus, and mountain ranges situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges.
- 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_69a88a1c450c81909f61abb8b6863885 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc879b1b88190be8d0337d9a17bd0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af17695e6481908bb7e4848a5ffc09 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.