Triple

T628154
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salton Sea E15864 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Salton Trough
The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
 E79362 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: Salton Trough | Statement: [Salton Sea, partOf, Salton Trough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salton Trough
Context triple: [Salton Sea, partOf, Salton Trough]
  • A. Saline Valley
    Saline Valley is a remote, arid basin in eastern California known for its stark desert landscapes, natural hot springs, and isolation within the northern Mojave Desert.
  • B. Tulare Basin
    Tulare Basin is a large, endorheic subregion in the southern part of California’s Central Valley, historically dominated by extensive wetlands and Tulare Lake.
  • C. Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea is a large, saline, endorheic lake in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, known for its fluctuating water levels, high salinity, and significant environmental and ecological challenges.
  • D. Ivanpah Dry Lake
    Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
  • E. Owens Lake
    Owens Lake is a largely dry, saline lake in California’s Eastern Sierra region, known for its dust pollution issues and ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
  • 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: Salton Trough
Triple: [Salton Sea, partOf, Salton Trough]
Generated description
The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salton Trough
Target entity description: The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
  • A. Saline Valley
    Saline Valley is a remote, arid basin in eastern California known for its stark desert landscapes, natural hot springs, and isolation within the northern Mojave Desert.
  • B. Tulare Basin
    Tulare Basin is a large, endorheic subregion in the southern part of California’s Central Valley, historically dominated by extensive wetlands and Tulare Lake.
  • C. Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea is a large, saline, endorheic lake in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, known for its fluctuating water levels, high salinity, and significant environmental and ecological challenges.
  • D. Ivanpah Dry Lake
    Ivanpah Dry Lake is a large, flat, dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert of southeastern California, known for land sailing, off-highway recreation, and its proximity to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.
  • E. Owens Lake
    Owens Lake is a largely dry, saline lake in California’s Eastern Sierra region, known for its dust pollution issues and ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
  • 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49e59e2688190b3c18b17c5db1e2b completed March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a56c4b64088190a033462dd923f5b2 completed March 2, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a56d4af33081908c3c5649003e86e4 completed March 2, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a56dd4bb808190a5562a5f8bcf2910 completed March 2, 2026, 11 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.