Triple

T5064066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitman County, Washington E114100 entity
Predicate hasCountySeat P383 FINISHED
Object Colfax, Washington
Colfax, Washington is a small eastern Washington city that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of the surrounding agricultural region in Whitman County.
E526899 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: Colfax, Washington | Statement: [Whitman County, Washington, hasCountySeat, Colfax, Washington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colfax, Washington
Context triple: [Whitman County, Washington, hasCountySeat, Colfax, Washington]
  • A. Blaine, Washington
    Blaine, Washington is a small coastal city in the northwestern corner of the state, known as a key U.S.–Canada border crossing opposite Surrey, British Columbia.
  • B. Clarkston, Washington
    Clarkston, Washington is a small city in southeastern Washington State located at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers, serving as a gateway to Hells Canyon and the broader Lewis-Clark Valley region.
  • C. Bridgeport, Washington
    Bridgeport, Washington is a small city in north-central Washington State on the Columbia River, known as the community closest to the large hydroelectric Chief Joseph Dam.
  • D. Freeland, Washington
    Freeland, Washington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on Whidbey Island in Island County, known for its waterfront setting and small-town character.
  • E. Montesano, Washington
    Montesano, Washington is a small city in western Washington known for its historic downtown and role as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural and timber-producing 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: Colfax, Washington
Triple: [Whitman County, Washington, hasCountySeat, Colfax, Washington]
Generated description
Colfax, Washington is a small eastern Washington city that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of the surrounding agricultural region in Whitman County.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colfax, Washington
Target entity description: Colfax, Washington is a small eastern Washington city that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of the surrounding agricultural region in Whitman County.
  • A. Blaine, Washington
    Blaine, Washington is a small coastal city in the northwestern corner of the state, known as a key U.S.–Canada border crossing opposite Surrey, British Columbia.
  • B. Clarkston, Washington
    Clarkston, Washington is a small city in southeastern Washington State located at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers, serving as a gateway to Hells Canyon and the broader Lewis-Clark Valley region.
  • C. Bridgeport, Washington
    Bridgeport, Washington is a small city in north-central Washington State on the Columbia River, known as the community closest to the large hydroelectric Chief Joseph Dam.
  • D. Freeland, Washington
    Freeland, Washington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on Whidbey Island in Island County, known for its waterfront setting and small-town character.
  • E. Montesano, Washington
    Montesano, Washington is a small city in western Washington known for its historic downtown and role as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding rural and timber-producing 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_69bd443c0c8c81908663b77afb28e165 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd747756bc8190863c426e6fd6e8f7 completed March 20, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfcb931f908190b72d825b95ae4861 completed March 22, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfcc18e6dc8190898af6fdb0b17cbc completed March 22, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfcc796c808190bb9f83a7014ef7db completed March 22, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:38 p.m.