Triple

T4347741
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Inland Waterway System of the United States E97945 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Columbia–Snake River lock system
The Columbia–Snake River lock system is a series of navigation locks and dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers that enables barge traffic deep into the interior Pacific Northwest, supporting regional commerce, irrigation, and hydropower generation.
E433382 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: Columbia–Snake River lock system | Statement: [Inland Waterway System of the United States, hasPart, Columbia–Snake River lock system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia–Snake River lock system
Context triple: [Inland Waterway System of the United States, hasPart, Columbia–Snake River lock system]
  • A. Columbia River hydropower system
    The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.
  • B. Minidoka Dam
    Minidoka Dam is an early 20th-century Bureau of Reclamation irrigation and hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in southern Idaho.
  • C. Bonneville Dam
    Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
  • D. Coulee Dam, Washington
    Coulee Dam, Washington is a small town in north-central Washington State best known as the community adjacent to the massive Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
  • E. Columbia Basin Project
    The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
  • 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: Columbia–Snake River lock system
Triple: [Inland Waterway System of the United States, hasPart, Columbia–Snake River lock system]
Generated description
The Columbia–Snake River lock system is a series of navigation locks and dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers that enables barge traffic deep into the interior Pacific Northwest, supporting regional commerce, irrigation, and hydropower generation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia–Snake River lock system
Target entity description: The Columbia–Snake River lock system is a series of navigation locks and dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers that enables barge traffic deep into the interior Pacific Northwest, supporting regional commerce, irrigation, and hydropower generation.
  • A. Columbia River hydropower system
    The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.
  • B. Minidoka Dam
    Minidoka Dam is an early 20th-century Bureau of Reclamation irrigation and hydroelectric dam on the Snake River in southern Idaho.
  • C. Bonneville Dam
    Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
  • D. Coulee Dam, Washington
    Coulee Dam, Washington is a small town in north-central Washington State best known as the community adjacent to the massive Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
  • E. Columbia Basin Project
    The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69b34548402c819085ab68b27c235a87 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351a5559c819081608b0aaf6a0e66 completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbad2f908190b5ee53bc7f2294c9 completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dcbd1c588190b060e1b329092fa2 completed March 14, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dd25ea088190b55a10e11f5e7e1a completed March 14, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:15 p.m.