Triple

T802101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mexican Alta California E17150 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Alta California (Spanish colony)
Alta California (Spanish colony) was a Spanish-controlled province established in the late 18th century along the Pacific coast of North America, encompassing much of present-day California and serving as a frontier region of the Spanish Empire.
E101552 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: Alta California (Spanish colony) | Statement: [Mexican Alta California, precededBy, Alta California (Spanish colony)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alta California (Spanish colony)
Context triple: [Mexican Alta California, precededBy, Alta California (Spanish colony)]
  • A. Mexican Alta California
    Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
  • B. Baja California
    Baja California is a long, narrow peninsula in northwestern Mexico known for its deserts, rugged coastline, and popular tourist destinations such as Tijuana and Ensenada.
  • C. Viceroyalty of New Spain
    The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, encompassing much of present-day Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of the present-day United States from the 16th to the early 19th century.
  • D. Baja California Sur
    Baja California Sur is a sparsely populated Mexican state on the Baja California Peninsula, known for its desert landscapes, coastal resorts like Cabo San Lucas, and rich marine biodiversity in the Gulf of California and Pacific Ocean.
  • E. Sonora
    Sonora is a large northwestern Mexican state bordering the United States, known for its desert landscapes, cattle ranching, and significant industrial and agricultural production.
  • 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: Alta California (Spanish colony)
Triple: [Mexican Alta California, precededBy, Alta California (Spanish colony)]
Generated description
Alta California (Spanish colony) was a Spanish-controlled province established in the late 18th century along the Pacific coast of North America, encompassing much of present-day California and serving as a frontier region of the Spanish Empire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alta California (Spanish colony)
Target entity description: Alta California (Spanish colony) was a Spanish-controlled province established in the late 18th century along the Pacific coast of North America, encompassing much of present-day California and serving as a frontier region of the Spanish Empire.
  • A. Mexican Alta California
    Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
  • B. Baja California
    Baja California is a long, narrow peninsula in northwestern Mexico known for its deserts, rugged coastline, and popular tourist destinations such as Tijuana and Ensenada.
  • C. Viceroyalty of New Spain
    The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, encompassing much of present-day Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of the present-day United States from the 16th to the early 19th century.
  • D. Baja California Sur
    Baja California Sur is a sparsely populated Mexican state on the Baja California Peninsula, known for its desert landscapes, coastal resorts like Cabo San Lucas, and rich marine biodiversity in the Gulf of California and Pacific Ocean.
  • E. Sonora
    Sonora is a large northwestern Mexican state bordering the United States, known for its desert landscapes, cattle ranching, and significant industrial and agricultural production.
  • 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4aa9e0f0081909d2a89387d6c08e1 completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7a3b1a81481908c831d1f43b9d014 completed March 4, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7a5929de48190b01f45fbf19c72dc completed March 4, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7a63205308190b55b76116c0d5e7c completed March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.