Triple

T571028
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Owens Valley E13662 entity
Predicate historicalEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Owens Valley water wars
The Owens Valley water wars were a series of early 20th-century conflicts in California over Los Angeles’ diversion of water from the Owens Valley, which devastated local agriculture and became a landmark case in Western water politics.
E71552 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: Owens Valley water wars | Statement: [Owens Valley, historicalEvent, Owens Valley water wars]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owens Valley water wars
Context triple: [Owens Valley, historicalEvent, Owens Valley water wars]
  • A. Modoc War
    The Modoc War was an 1872–1873 armed conflict in northern California and southern Oregon between the Modoc people and the United States Army, notable for its protracted guerrilla fighting in the Lava Beds and the execution of Modoc leader Captain Jack.
  • B. Heart of the Valley
    Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
  • C. Nez Perce War
    The Nez Perce War was an 1877 conflict in which the U.S. Army pursued the Nez Perce tribe across the Pacific Northwest as they attempted a strategic retreat toward Canada rather than submit to forced relocation.
  • D. Warner Valley
    Warner Valley is a geothermal area in northeastern California known for its hot springs, mud pots, and hiking trails within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
  • E. Anza Valley
    Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
  • 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: Owens Valley water wars
Triple: [Owens Valley, historicalEvent, Owens Valley water wars]
Generated description
The Owens Valley water wars were a series of early 20th-century conflicts in California over Los Angeles’ diversion of water from the Owens Valley, which devastated local agriculture and became a landmark case in Western water politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Owens Valley water wars
Target entity description: The Owens Valley water wars were a series of early 20th-century conflicts in California over Los Angeles’ diversion of water from the Owens Valley, which devastated local agriculture and became a landmark case in Western water politics.
  • A. Modoc War
    The Modoc War was an 1872–1873 armed conflict in northern California and southern Oregon between the Modoc people and the United States Army, notable for its protracted guerrilla fighting in the Lava Beds and the execution of Modoc leader Captain Jack.
  • B. Heart of the Valley
    Heart of the Valley is a nickname for Corvallis, Oregon, reflecting its central location in the fertile Willamette Valley.
  • C. Nez Perce War
    The Nez Perce War was an 1877 conflict in which the U.S. Army pursued the Nez Perce tribe across the Pacific Northwest as they attempted a strategic retreat toward Canada rather than submit to forced relocation.
  • D. Warner Valley
    Warner Valley is a geothermal area in northeastern California known for its hot springs, mud pots, and hiking trails within Lassen Volcanic National Park.
  • E. Anza Valley
    Anza Valley is a high-desert valley in Southern California known for its rural landscapes, ranching, and historical significance to Indigenous peoples.
  • 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_69a4933fa4d88190a7949cc83c08c5c1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b483ac08190b3be152a7cf42011 completed March 1, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4fc8475d881909e80d60fbb50c271 completed March 2, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4fd2938288190b00cb79a10d91150 completed March 2, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4fdb5f42c81908ce753cd4283962c completed March 2, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.