Triple
T4733247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buttermilk Channel |
E105060
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlternativeName |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor
Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, is a tidal strait in New York City separating Brooklyn from Governors Island and serving as a key navigational channel within the Upper New York Bay.
|
E518853
|
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: Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor | Statement: [Buttermilk Channel, hasAlternativeName, Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor Context triple: [Buttermilk Channel, hasAlternativeName, Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor]
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A.
Flushing Bay
Flushing Bay is a tidal embayment in northern Queens, New York City, forming part of the East River and lying adjacent to major landmarks such as LaGuardia Airport and Citi Field.
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B.
Newtown Creek
Newtown Creek is a heavily industrialized tidal estuary in New York City that forms part of the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens and is known as one of the most polluted waterways in the United States.
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C.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
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D.
East River
The East River is a tributary waterway in the Appalachian region of the United States that flows through southern West Virginia and into Virginia.
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E.
East River
The East River is a mountain river in Gunnison County, Colorado, that flows through the Elk Mountains and joins the Taylor River to form the Gunnison River.
- 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: Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor Triple: [Buttermilk Channel, hasAlternativeName, Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor]
Generated description
Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, is a tidal strait in New York City separating Brooklyn from Governors Island and serving as a key navigational channel within the Upper New York Bay.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor Target entity description: Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, is a tidal strait in New York City separating Brooklyn from Governors Island and serving as a key navigational channel within the Upper New York Bay.
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A.
Flushing Bay
Flushing Bay is a tidal embayment in northern Queens, New York City, forming part of the East River and lying adjacent to major landmarks such as LaGuardia Airport and Citi Field.
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B.
Newtown Creek
Newtown Creek is a heavily industrialized tidal estuary in New York City that forms part of the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens and is known as one of the most polluted waterways in the United States.
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C.
East River
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City that separates Manhattan from Brooklyn and Queens and serves as a major waterway spanned by several iconic bridges.
-
D.
East River
The East River is a mountain river in Gunnison County, Colorado, that flows through the Elk Mountains and joins the Taylor River to form the Gunnison River.
-
E.
East River
The East River is a tributary waterway in the Appalachian region of the United States that flows through southern West Virginia and into Virginia.
- 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_69bd43ee52048190b81a4f066534ffb3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6466354481908595f5bb56025cdb |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3a7def848190836605d706aa7599 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf3c38bbec8190a7722de71b9f7ce0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf3c92220c819095e4e90f62086618 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.