Triple
T5667333
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colorado River Numic |
E124887
|
entity |
| Predicate | geographicDistribution |
P2178
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Great Basin–Colorado River transition area
The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.
|
E551580
|
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: Great Basin–Colorado River transition area | Statement: [Colorado River Numic, geographicDistribution, Great Basin–Colorado River transition area]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Basin–Colorado River transition area Context triple: [Colorado River Numic, geographicDistribution, Great Basin–Colorado River transition area]
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A.
Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
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B.
Great Basin
The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
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C.
Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region
The Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region is a hydrological boundary area in the western United States where drainage basins separate between internally draining Great Basin watersheds and those that flow outward to the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
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E.
Basin and Range Province
The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.
- 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: Great Basin–Colorado River transition area Triple: [Colorado River Numic, geographicDistribution, Great Basin–Colorado River transition area]
Generated description
The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Basin–Colorado River transition area Target entity description: The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.
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A.
Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
The Great Basin–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically and culturally significant desert region in the American Southwest where the Great Basin and Mojave deserts meet, characterized by mixed flora, fauna, and long-standing Indigenous presence.
-
B.
Great Basin
The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.
-
C.
Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region
The Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region is a hydrological boundary area in the western United States where drainage basins separate between internally draining Great Basin watersheds and those that flow outward to the Pacific Ocean.
-
D.
Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone
The Sierra Nevada–Great Basin transition zone is a geologic and ecological boundary region in eastern California and western Nevada where the high, granitic Sierra Nevada meets the arid, fault-block ranges and basins of the Great Basin.
-
E.
Basin and Range Province
The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.
- 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_69c00828906881908966f270b8f130cf |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02345004081908858867be48d3885 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a14f02e88190824efb80215be616 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a1faf7d48190ad2d5f43ef37da82 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a2e17cd88190a54f5166fe5c654a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:43 p.m.