Triple

T8711103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Wesley Powell E206777 entity
Predicate honor P11 FINISHED
Object Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him
John Wesley Powell was a 19th-century American explorer, geologist, and Civil War veteran best known for leading the first documented boat expedition through the Grand Canyon and for his influential work in Western U.S. land and water policy.
E753714 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: Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him | Statement: [John Wesley Powell, honor, Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him
Context triple: [John Wesley Powell, honor, Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him]
  • A. Little Powell
    Little Powell was the nickname of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill, a prominent corps commander in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • B. Preparation Canyon State Park
    Preparation Canyon State Park is a scenic state park in Iowa known for its rugged Loess Hills terrain, hiking trails, and secluded natural landscapes.
  • C. Preparation Canyon
    Preparation Canyon was a 19th-century Mormon settlement in western Iowa founded by Charles B. Thompson, known for its brief, controversial communal experiment before being largely abandoned.
  • D. Poison Canyon Formation
    The Poison Canyon Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, known for its Paleocene-age fluvial sandstones, mudstones, and coal beds that record post-dinosaur terrestrial environments.
  • E. Garnet Canyon
    Garnet Canyon is a glacially carved valley in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, popular as a primary route for hikers and climbers accessing the high peaks of the Teton Range.
  • 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: Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him
Triple: [John Wesley Powell, honor, Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him]
Generated description
John Wesley Powell was a 19th-century American explorer, geologist, and Civil War veteran best known for leading the first documented boat expedition through the Grand Canyon and for his influential work in Western U.S. land and water policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Powell Plateau in the Grand Canyon named after him
Target entity description: John Wesley Powell was a 19th-century American explorer, geologist, and Civil War veteran best known for leading the first documented boat expedition through the Grand Canyon and for his influential work in Western U.S. land and water policy.
  • A. Little Powell
    Little Powell was the nickname of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill, a prominent corps commander in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • B. Preparation Canyon State Park
    Preparation Canyon State Park is a scenic state park in Iowa known for its rugged Loess Hills terrain, hiking trails, and secluded natural landscapes.
  • C. Preparation Canyon
    Preparation Canyon was a 19th-century Mormon settlement in western Iowa founded by Charles B. Thompson, known for its brief, controversial communal experiment before being largely abandoned.
  • D. Poison Canyon Formation
    The Poison Canyon Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, known for its Paleocene-age fluvial sandstones, mudstones, and coal beds that record post-dinosaur terrestrial environments.
  • E. Garnet Canyon
    Garnet Canyon is a glacially carved valley in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, popular as a primary route for hikers and climbers accessing the high peaks of the Teton Range.
  • 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.