Triple

T609997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia River E12075 entity
Predicate hydroelectricSystem P15311 FINISHED
Object Columbia River hydropower system
The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.
E78455 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Columbia River hydropower system | Statement: [Columbia River, hydroelectricSystem, Columbia River hydropower system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia River hydropower system
Context triple: [Columbia River, hydroelectricSystem, Columbia River hydropower system]
  • A. Columbia Basin Project
    The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
  • B. Grand Coulee Dam
    Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
  • C. The Dalles Dam
    The Dalles Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation facility on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for its significant power generation and impact on regional river ecosystems and communities.
  • D. Grand Coulee, Washington
    Grand Coulee, Washington is a small city in north-central Washington state best known as the community adjacent to and serving the massive Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
  • E. Bonneville Dam
    Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
  • 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: Columbia River hydropower system
Triple: [Columbia River, hydroelectricSystem, Columbia River hydropower system]
Generated description
The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Columbia River hydropower system
Target entity description: The Columbia River hydropower system is an extensive network of dams and generating facilities that provides a major share of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity while also supporting irrigation, navigation, and flood control.
  • A. Columbia Basin Project
    The Columbia Basin Project is a large-scale irrigation and hydroelectric development in central Washington State that distributes water and power from the Grand Coulee Dam to support agriculture, industry, and communities across the region.
  • B. Grand Coulee Dam
    Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
  • C. The Dalles Dam
    The Dalles Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation facility on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for its significant power generation and impact on regional river ecosystems and communities.
  • D. Grand Coulee, Washington
    Grand Coulee, Washington is a small city in north-central Washington state best known as the community adjacent to and serving the massive Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.
  • E. Bonneville Dam
    Bonneville Dam is a major hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for power generation, fish ladders, and its role in regional river management.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hydroelectricSystem
Context triple: [Columbia River, hydroelectricSystem, Columbia River hydropower system]
  • A. hasHydroelectricProject chosen
    Indicates that an entity is associated with, operates, or contains a hydroelectric power generation project.
  • B. powerplant
    Indicates that an entity functions as a facility or installation where energy sources are converted into usable power, typically electricity.
  • C. reservoir
    Indicates that one entity serves as a storage or containment source (often for a resource) that can supply or affect another entity.
  • D. waterwaySystem
    Indicates that one entity is part of, or belongs to, a connected network of waterways associated with another entity.
  • E. powerplantRole
    Indicates that one entity serves in a specific functional or operational role relative to a power plant.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a566ff095081909a897d3001955514 completed March 2, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a567fa633881909a18c4530c3342e8 completed March 2, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5687af6f48190af5a5424ca7da9c8 completed March 2, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a49cfa7b4481909bec7a5fd3e98c65 completed March 1, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.