Triple
T71046
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | California Gold Rush |
E1421
|
entity |
| Predicate | discoverer |
P412
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James W. Marshall
James W. Marshall was the American carpenter whose 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California triggered the California Gold Rush.
|
E13488
|
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: James W. Marshall | Statement: [California Gold Rush, discoverer, James W. Marshall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James W. Marshall Context triple: [California Gold Rush, discoverer, James W. Marshall]
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A.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
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B.
John Sutter
John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
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C.
John Armstrong
John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
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D.
Samuel Maverick
Samuel Maverick was a young Boston apprentice who became one of the five colonists killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre, later remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution.
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E.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: James W. Marshall Triple: [California Gold Rush, discoverer, James W. Marshall]
Generated description
James W. Marshall was the American carpenter whose 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California triggered the California Gold Rush.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James W. Marshall Target entity description: James W. Marshall was the American carpenter whose 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California triggered the California Gold Rush.
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A.
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Andrew Smith Hallidie was a 19th-century engineer and inventor credited with pioneering San Francisco’s cable car system and advancing wire rope technology.
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B.
John Sutter
John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
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C.
John Armstrong
John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
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D.
Samuel Maverick
Samuel Maverick was a young Boston apprentice who became one of the five colonists killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre, later remembered as an early martyr of the American Revolution.
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E.
John Parker
John Parker was an American colonial militia captain best known for leading the Lexington militia at the opening skirmishes of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: discoverer Context triple: [California Gold Rush, discoverer, James W. Marshall]
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A.
discoveredBy
chosen
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
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B.
pioneerOf
Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
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C.
notableScientist
Indicates that the subject is a scientist who is widely recognized for significant contributions or impact in their field.
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D.
founder
Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
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E.
wasInventedBy
Indicates that something (typically an object, concept, or process) was created or brought into existence by a particular inventor or originator.
- 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_69a24c06b3bc8190aa4ac89026115efc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24fd16c248190a6ee4cd96c388772 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2981ccdc0819093346109c126ea96 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2987873d48190974c9847c3a51586 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2992eef7881908cb4cff9d91aab98 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:28 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a24eaa0df88190add55579b2b9fd02 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:03 a.m.