Triple

T516420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Million Ways to Die in the West E10718 entity
Predicate settingPlace P1957 FINISHED
Object Arizona Territory
The Arizona Territory was a historical U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest that existed from the mid-19th century until it achieved statehood as Arizona in 1912.
E167482 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: Arizona Territory | Statement: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, settingPlace, Arizona Territory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arizona Territory
Context triple: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, settingPlace, Arizona Territory]
  • A. New Mexico Territory
    New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
  • B. Arizona
    Arizona is a southwestern U.S. state known for its desert climate, the Grand Canyon, and major cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
  • C. New Mexico
    New Mexico is a southwestern U.S. state known for its diverse landscapes, rich Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage, and historic cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
  • D. Oklahoma Territory
    Oklahoma Territory was a historical U.S. territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that preceded the formation of the state of Oklahoma.
  • E. District of New Mexico
    The District of New Mexico is a federal judicial district encompassing the state of New Mexico, where federal cases are tried before being appealed to the Tenth Circuit.
  • 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: Arizona Territory
Triple: [A Million Ways to Die in the West, settingPlace, Arizona Territory]
Generated description
The Arizona Territory was a historical U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest that existed from the mid-19th century until it achieved statehood as Arizona in 1912.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arizona Territory
Target entity description: The Arizona Territory was a historical U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest that existed from the mid-19th century until it achieved statehood as Arizona in 1912.
  • A. New Mexico Territory
    New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
  • B. Arizona
    Arizona is a southwestern U.S. state known for its desert climate, the Grand Canyon, and major cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
  • C. New Mexico
    New Mexico is a southwestern U.S. state known for its diverse landscapes, rich Native American and Hispanic cultural heritage, and historic cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
  • D. Oklahoma Territory
    Oklahoma Territory was a historical U.S. territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that preceded the formation of the state of Oklahoma.
  • E. District of New Mexico
    The District of New Mexico is a federal judicial district encompassing the state of New Mexico, where federal cases are tried before being appealed to the Tenth Circuit.
  • 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f184c3a481909bf60bb627b0ea88 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e5413448190bd9112e2b3d83826 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f2b046081908be111f16e2de0fb completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fe782548190a437386ee2f4c2d5 completed March 8, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.