Triple

T6705932
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Milk River E153003 entity
Predicate borderRegion P12818 FINISHED
Object Montana–Alberta border area
The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.
E613938 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: Montana–Alberta border area | Statement: [Milk River, borderRegion, Montana–Alberta border area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montana–Alberta border area
Context triple: [Milk River, borderRegion, Montana–Alberta border area]
  • A. Northwest Territories–Alberta border
    The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • B. Montana Hi-Line
    The Montana Hi-Line is a sparsely populated, windswept region of northern Montana along the Great Northern Railway and U.S. Highway 2, known for its vast prairies, harsh winters, and small agricultural communities.
  • C. Powder River Country
    Powder River Country is a region in northeastern Wyoming known historically as a key area of conflict between the United States and Plains Indian tribes during the mid-19th century.
  • D. Alberta–Saskatchewan border
    The Alberta–Saskatchewan border is the interprovincial boundary in western Canada that runs north–south between the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, passing directly through the city of Lloydminster.
  • E. Milk River region
    The Milk River region is a historical homeland area in the northern Great Plains of North America, associated with Indigenous peoples such as the Gros Ventre.
  • 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: Montana–Alberta border area
Triple: [Milk River, borderRegion, Montana–Alberta border area]
Generated description
The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montana–Alberta border area
Target entity description: The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.
  • A. Northwest Territories–Alberta border
    The Northwest Territories–Alberta border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in western Canada that separates the province of Alberta from the Northwest Territories, running through remote boreal and parkland regions including the area around Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • B. Montana Hi-Line
    The Montana Hi-Line is a sparsely populated, windswept region of northern Montana along the Great Northern Railway and U.S. Highway 2, known for its vast prairies, harsh winters, and small agricultural communities.
  • C. Powder River Country
    Powder River Country is a region in northeastern Wyoming known historically as a key area of conflict between the United States and Plains Indian tribes during the mid-19th century.
  • D. Alberta–Saskatchewan border
    The Alberta–Saskatchewan border is the interprovincial boundary in western Canada that runs north–south between the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, passing directly through the city of Lloydminster.
  • E. Milk River region
    The Milk River region is a historical homeland area in the northern Great Plains of North America, associated with Indigenous peoples such as the Gros Ventre.
  • 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_69c68808d8d8819087369015270788fe completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d0ea8cfc819081affc73603c2cf3 completed March 27, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c70088916881908dda568d3116216f completed March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7048843e081908b70942a91a390fe completed March 27, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c705240f54819094e8715ffd66b352 completed March 27, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:06 p.m.