Triple

T10673351
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cayuga Lake watershed E251550 entity
Predicate drainageDestination P81003 FINISHED
Object Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area
The Cayuga Lake outlet at the Ithaca area is the point where water from Cayuga Lake and its watershed flows out, forming the beginning of the lake’s downstream river system near the city of Ithaca, New York.
E879769 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: Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area | Statement: [Cayuga Lake watershed, drainageDestination, Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area
Context triple: [Cayuga Lake watershed, drainageDestination, Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area]
  • A. Seneca Lake via Seneca River
    Seneca Lake via Seneca River is a major outlet pathway by which water from Seneca Lake ultimately flows northward toward Lake Ontario through the Seneca and Oswego river system in central New York.
  • B. Cayuga Lake watershed
    The Cayuga Lake watershed is the drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from numerous streams and creeks and ultimately feeds into Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.
  • C. Cayuga Lake waterfront
    Cayuga Lake waterfront is the scenic shoreline area along Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York, known for its parks, trails, and recreational and community spaces.
  • D. Skaneateles Creek
    Skaneateles Creek is a waterway in central New York that carries the outflow from Skaneateles Lake toward the Seneca River system.
  • E. Lower Ausable Lake (regionally)
    Lower Ausable Lake is a scenic, narrow mountain lake in New York’s Adirondack High Peaks region, popular for hiking, paddling, and views of surrounding cliffs and peaks.
  • 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: Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area
Triple: [Cayuga Lake watershed, drainageDestination, Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area]
Generated description
The Cayuga Lake outlet at the Ithaca area is the point where water from Cayuga Lake and its watershed flows out, forming the beginning of the lake’s downstream river system near the city of Ithaca, New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area
Target entity description: The Cayuga Lake outlet at the Ithaca area is the point where water from Cayuga Lake and its watershed flows out, forming the beginning of the lake’s downstream river system near the city of Ithaca, New York.
  • A. Seneca Lake via Seneca River
    Seneca Lake via Seneca River is a major outlet pathway by which water from Seneca Lake ultimately flows northward toward Lake Ontario through the Seneca and Oswego river system in central New York.
  • B. Cayuga Lake watershed
    The Cayuga Lake watershed is the drainage basin in central New York State that collects water from numerous streams and creeks and ultimately feeds into Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.
  • C. Cayuga Lake waterfront
    Cayuga Lake waterfront is the scenic shoreline area along Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York, known for its parks, trails, and recreational and community spaces.
  • D. Skaneateles Creek
    Skaneateles Creek is a waterway in central New York that carries the outflow from Skaneateles Lake toward the Seneca River system.
  • E. Lower Ausable Lake (regionally)
    Lower Ausable Lake is a scenic, narrow mountain lake in New York’s Adirondack High Peaks region, popular for hiking, paddling, and views of surrounding cliffs and peaks.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: drainageDestination
Context triple: [Cayuga Lake watershed, drainageDestination, Cayuga Lake outlet at Ithaca area]
  • A. drainageOutlet chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the point where fluids or runoff are discharged or exit from another entity.
  • B. drainsInto
    Indicates that one entity serves as a source or conduit whose contents or flow are directed into another entity.
  • C. drainageType
    Indicates the kind or classification of drainage associated with or applied to an entity (e.g., how water is removed or flows from it).
  • D. drainageInfluencedBy
    Indicates that the pattern, direction, or effectiveness of drainage is affected or controlled by another factor or entity.
  • E. drainageDivideOf
    Indicates that one geographic feature functions as the drainage divide (separating water flow into different basins) for another feature or area.
  • 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_69d6aa5b0d2881909584b20efc5877f0 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fb9299708190a0a3818f2e4e9bf5 completed April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d9886e3f108190bb6f17d4e2f394ef completed April 10, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98cdf6f0c8190a5b926c439c1aca6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98d5557548190a22102f1c8105e6f completed April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d6dd8a93208190a573061387e2aebb completed April 8, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:09 p.m.