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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. discoveredBy chosen
    Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
  • B. pioneerOf
    Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
  • C. notableScientist
    Indicates that the subject is a scientist who is widely recognized for significant contributions or impact in their field.
  • D. founder
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • 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.