Triple
T4336253
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War |
E97469
|
entity |
| Predicate | theatre |
P671
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War
The Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War was the region of conflict along Mexico’s western seaboard, including California, where U.S. and Mexican forces contested control of key coastal territories and ports.
|
E97469
|
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: Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War | Statement: [Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War, theatre, Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War Context triple: [Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War, theatre, Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War]
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A.
Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War
The Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War was the series of military operations in 1846–1847 through which United States forces seized control of Mexican Alta California, paving the way for California’s eventual annexation.
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B.
Battle of Los Angeles (1846)
The Battle of Los Angeles (1846) was a minor engagement of the Mexican–American War in which Californio forces temporarily drove U.S. troops from the town of Los Angeles.
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C.
Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War
The Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along Mexico’s eastern coastline where U.S. forces launched amphibious assaults and inland advances, including the pivotal operations against Veracruz, to penetrate and occupy central Mexico.
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D.
Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War
The Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along the U.S.–Mexico border where early key battles, including those around the Rio Grande, were fought between U.S. and Mexican forces.
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E.
Battle of Palo Alto
The Battle of Palo Alto was the opening major engagement of the Mexican–American War, fought on May 8, 1846, near present-day Brownsville, Texas, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor used superior artillery to repel a larger Mexican army.
- 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: Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War Triple: [Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War, theatre, Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War]
Generated description
The Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War was the region of conflict along Mexico’s western seaboard, including California, where U.S. and Mexican forces contested control of key coastal territories and ports.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War Target entity description: The Pacific Coast theatre of the Mexican–American War was the region of conflict along Mexico’s western seaboard, including California, where U.S. and Mexican forces contested control of key coastal territories and ports.
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A.
Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War
chosen
The Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War was the series of military operations in 1846–1847 through which United States forces seized control of Mexican Alta California, paving the way for California’s eventual annexation.
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B.
Battle of Los Angeles (1846)
The Battle of Los Angeles (1846) was a minor engagement of the Mexican–American War in which Californio forces temporarily drove U.S. troops from the town of Los Angeles.
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C.
Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War
The Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along Mexico’s eastern coastline where U.S. forces launched amphibious assaults and inland advances, including the pivotal operations against Veracruz, to penetrate and occupy central Mexico.
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D.
Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War
The Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along the U.S.–Mexico border where early key battles, including those around the Rio Grande, were fought between U.S. and Mexican forces.
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E.
Battle of Palo Alto
The Battle of Palo Alto was the opening major engagement of the Mexican–American War, fought on May 8, 1846, near present-day Brownsville, Texas, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor used superior artillery to repel a larger Mexican army.
- 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_69b3454662a481908fbcd0bbfaa3a0a4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3516af43081908393fd0dad3d9382 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d0ace26881908cfc7950dc7a6cf8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5d241198c8190a14308e38b0778b3 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5d2af9330819081aab93fe24d3611 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:14 p.m.