Triple

T295807
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Innocents Abroad E6089 entity
Predicate firstPublicationOutlet P7323 FINISHED
Object Alta California (newspaper)
Alta California was a prominent 19th-century San Francisco newspaper known for its wide circulation and for publishing early works by notable American writers such as Mark Twain.
E38013 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Alta California (newspaper) | Statement: [The Innocents Abroad, firstPublicationOutlet, Alta California (newspaper)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alta California (newspaper)
Context triple: [The Innocents Abroad, firstPublicationOutlet, Alta California (newspaper)]
  • A. Mexican Alta California
    Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
  • B. Hidalgo
    Hidalgo is a central Mexican state known for its mountainous terrain, rich mining history, and diverse indigenous cultural heritage.
  • C. San Bernardino
    San Bernardino is a major inland city in Southern California known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to the Inland Empire.
  • D. San Carlos
    San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
  • E. Milpa Alta
    Milpa Alta is a largely rural borough in the southern part of Mexico City, known for its traditional agriculture, especially nopal cactus cultivation, and strong preservation of indigenous customs.
  • 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: Alta California (newspaper)
Triple: [The Innocents Abroad, firstPublicationOutlet, Alta California (newspaper)]
Generated description
Alta California was a prominent 19th-century San Francisco newspaper known for its wide circulation and for publishing early works by notable American writers such as Mark Twain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alta California (newspaper)
Target entity description: Alta California was a prominent 19th-century San Francisco newspaper known for its wide circulation and for publishing early works by notable American writers such as Mark Twain.
  • A. Mexican Alta California
    Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
  • B. Hidalgo
    Hidalgo is a central Mexican state known for its mountainous terrain, rich mining history, and diverse indigenous cultural heritage.
  • C. San Bernardino
    San Bernardino is a major inland city in Southern California known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to the Inland Empire.
  • D. San Carlos
    San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Belmont and Redwood City.
  • E. Milpa Alta
    Milpa Alta is a largely rural borough in the southern part of Mexico City, known for its traditional agriculture, especially nopal cactus cultivation, and strong preservation of indigenous customs.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstPublicationOutlet
Context triple: [The Innocents Abroad, firstPublicationOutlet, Alta California (newspaper)]
  • A. firstPublisher chosen
    Indicates that an entity is the original or earliest publisher of another entity (such as a work, edition, or resource).
  • B. publishedIn
    Indicates that a work (such as an article, paper, or book) has been formally released or made available within a specific venue, medium, or publication.
  • C. publishedFor
    Indicates that something (such as a work, document, or content) is published with a particular audience, recipient, or target group in mind.
  • D. parentPublication
    Indicates that one publication is the direct source, container, or higher-level work in which another publication appears or from which it is derived.
  • E. firstAppeared
    Indicates the earliest known time or context in which an entity was introduced, observed, or came into existence.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e79114b081909490b3bf5a5dbb51 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2e9e273f88190ac5355d1310376ed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3a5d664c08190b7252fd631ff50d7 completed March 1, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3a5fd7ad48190b3efcb21198bdda0 completed March 1, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3a649124481909c66068b97de429a completed March 1, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e9368894819093eeae4347dfcc5a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.