Triple

T4379855
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salish Sea E99102 entity
Predicate drainageBasinIncludes P12488 FINISHED
Object Cowichan River
The Cowichan River is a prominent river on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its salmon runs, recreational opportunities, and ecological significance.
E445895 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: Cowichan River | Statement: [Salish Sea, drainageBasinIncludes, Cowichan River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowichan River
Context triple: [Salish Sea, drainageBasinIncludes, Cowichan River]
  • A. Chilcotin River
    The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
  • B. Thompson River
    The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
  • C. Nechako River
    The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
  • D. Kootenay River
    The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
  • E. Bulkley River
    The Bulkley River is a major tributary of the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through traditional Gitxsan territory and supporting important salmon runs and local communities.
  • 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: Cowichan River
Triple: [Salish Sea, drainageBasinIncludes, Cowichan River]
Generated description
The Cowichan River is a prominent river on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its salmon runs, recreational opportunities, and ecological significance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowichan River
Target entity description: The Cowichan River is a prominent river on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its salmon runs, recreational opportunities, and ecological significance.
  • A. Chilcotin River
    The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.
  • B. Thompson River
    The Thompson River is a major river in British Columbia, Canada, known for its role in the province’s interior drainage system and its confluence with the Fraser River near Lytton.
  • C. Nechako River
    The Nechako River is a significant river in central British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Interior Plateau and supporting regional ecosystems, communities, and hydroelectric developments.
  • D. Kootenay River
    The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
  • E. Bulkley River
    The Bulkley River is a major tributary of the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, flowing through traditional Gitxsan territory and supporting important salmon runs and local communities.
  • 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3524154dc81908532cdf997dcb802 completed March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd4216d3f48190a614f61b2e10f794 completed March 20, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd4325dce08190912d368c4f714353 completed March 20, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd43ca589881908a6c6052353a0963 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.