Triple

T8711077
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Wesley Powell E206777 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.
E753712 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: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries | Statement: [John Wesley Powell, notableWork, Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Context triple: [John Wesley Powell, notableWork, Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries]
  • A. Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
    The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
  • B. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
    The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
  • C. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • D. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • E. Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries
    Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries is a travel and exploration narrative by Episcopal archdeacon and mountaineer Hudson Stuck, recounting his journeys and observations along Alaska’s Yukon River system in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Triple: [John Wesley Powell, notableWork, Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries]
Generated description
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
Target entity description: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries is John Wesley Powell’s classic 19th-century account of his pioneering scientific and geographic survey of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon region.
  • A. Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
    The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
  • B. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
    The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
  • C. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • D. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • E. Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries
    Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries is a travel and exploration narrative by Episcopal archdeacon and mountaineer Hudson Stuck, recounting his journeys and observations along Alaska’s Yukon River system in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5c3189f88190bb9bb77ba9d28d60 completed March 31, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf28c174008190bc2d43ca613e9a9e completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2bd14c3c8190b43840ee57cca22c completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2cb3c4308190971fb3d25064f205 completed April 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.