Triple

T609977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia River E12075 entity
Predicate majorTributary P415 FINISHED
Object Kootenay River
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
E93468 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: Kootenay River | Statement: [Columbia River, majorTributary, Kootenay River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kootenay River
Context triple: [Columbia River, majorTributary, Kootenay River]
  • A. Fraser River
    The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and serving as a major waterway for ecology, fisheries, and regional commerce in the Pacific Northwest.
  • B. Assiniboine River
    The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
  • C. Mackenzie River
    The Mackenzie River is the longest river system in Canada, flowing through the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean and draining a vast portion of northwestern North America.
  • D. Columbia River
    The Columbia River is a major river of the Pacific Northwest that forms much of the border between Oregon and Washington and is vital for hydroelectric power, transportation, and regional ecosystems.
  • E. Mississagi River
    The Mississagi River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rugged forested terrain before emptying into Lake Huron.
  • 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: Kootenay River
Triple: [Columbia River, majorTributary, Kootenay River]
Generated description
The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kootenay River
Target entity description: The Kootenay River is a major river in the Pacific Northwest that flows through British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho before joining the Columbia River.
  • A. Fraser River
    The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and serving as a major waterway for ecology, fisheries, and regional commerce in the Pacific Northwest.
  • B. Assiniboine River
    The Assiniboine River is a major prairie river in Western Canada that flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba before joining the Red River at Winnipeg.
  • C. Mackenzie River
    The Mackenzie River is the longest river system in Canada, flowing through the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean and draining a vast portion of northwestern North America.
  • D. Columbia River
    The Columbia River is a major river of the Pacific Northwest that forms much of the border between Oregon and Washington and is vital for hydroelectric power, transportation, and regional ecosystems.
  • E. Mississagi River
    The Mississagi River is a major river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows through rugged forested terrain before emptying into Lake Huron.
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49df68f2c8190a0ee9da4692b2a62 completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6787173e08190bef6734294b60c13 completed March 3, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a678dea88081908da0e9cbea83eadd completed March 3, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6792c41608190867fb257ff8d5d35 completed March 3, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.