Triple

T105416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Asia E2127 entity
Predicate containsDesert P1024 FINISHED
Object Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert is a vast cold desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia, known for its harsh climate, sparse vegetation, and role as part of the historical Mongol Empire and Silk Road.
E16373 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: Gobi Desert | Statement: [Asia, containsDesert, Gobi Desert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gobi Desert
Context triple: [Asia, containsDesert, Gobi Desert]
  • A. Thar Desert
    The Thar Desert is a vast arid region in northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, known for its sand dunes, extreme climate, and sparse vegetation.
  • B. Arabian Desert
    The Arabian Desert is a vast arid region spanning much of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its extreme climate, expansive sand dunes, and significant oil-rich subsoil.
  • C. Sahara Desert
    The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa with vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme arid conditions.
  • D. Namib Desert
    The Namib Desert is a vast, ancient coastal desert in southwestern Africa, renowned for its towering red sand dunes and extreme arid conditions along the Atlantic coast.
  • E. Kalahari Desert
    The Kalahari Desert is a vast semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa known for its red dunes, sparse vegetation, and unique wildlife adapted to its dry conditions.
  • 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: Gobi Desert
Triple: [Asia, containsDesert, Gobi Desert]
Generated description
The Gobi Desert is a vast cold desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia, known for its harsh climate, sparse vegetation, and role as part of the historical Mongol Empire and Silk Road.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gobi Desert
Target entity description: The Gobi Desert is a vast cold desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia, known for its harsh climate, sparse vegetation, and role as part of the historical Mongol Empire and Silk Road.
  • A. Thar Desert
    The Thar Desert is a vast arid region in northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, known for its sand dunes, extreme climate, and sparse vegetation.
  • B. Arabian Desert
    The Arabian Desert is a vast arid region spanning much of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its extreme climate, expansive sand dunes, and significant oil-rich subsoil.
  • C. Sahara Desert
    The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa with vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme arid conditions.
  • D. Namib Desert
    The Namib Desert is a vast, ancient coastal desert in southwestern Africa, renowned for its towering red sand dunes and extreme arid conditions along the Atlantic coast.
  • E. Kalahari Desert
    The Kalahari Desert is a vast semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa known for its red dunes, sparse vegetation, and unique wildlife adapted to its dry conditions.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: containsDesert
Context triple: [Asia, containsDesert, Gobi Desert]
  • A. hasMajorDesert chosen
    Indicates that a region or country contains at least one large, significant desert within its territory.
  • B. hasLandform
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is characterized by a particular natural landform.
  • C. hasNaturalFeature
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is characterized by a particular natural feature (such as a mountain, river, forest, or coastline).
  • D. hasSoil
    Indicates that one entity possesses, contains, or is associated with a particular type or instance of soil.
  • E. hasNotableSea
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or contains a sea that is considered notable or significant.
  • 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25711f6788190a22252ea3a3af394 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b4b7ad108190b135179e485f4d5c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b628124c8190aa1c3c7d00ccf65d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b67f72fc8190be99eaee8cb19057 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:33 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2563be81c81908ccc5ed44edd6b8e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.