Triple
T11640560
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thornton Affair |
E276646
|
entity |
| Predicate | claimedBy |
P647
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Republic of Texas (as part of Texas) |
E3548
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Republic of Texas (as part of Texas) | Statement: [Thornton Affair, claimedBy, Republic of Texas (as part of Texas)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Republic of Texas (as part of Texas) Context triple: [Thornton Affair, claimedBy, Republic of Texas (as part of Texas)]
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A.
Republic of Texas
chosen
The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 to 1845, formed after winning independence from Mexico before later joining the United States.
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B.
provisional government of Texas
The provisional government of Texas was the temporary authority established by Texan revolutionaries in 1835–1836 to administer the region and lead the break from Mexican rule before the formal Republic of Texas was created.
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C.
Texas and Mexico
Texas and Mexico are neighboring regions in the United States and Mexico, respectively, historically and geographically linked by extensive cultural, economic, and social ties along their shared southern U.S. border.
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D.
California Republic
The California Republic was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway state established by American settlers in 1846 in what is now California, symbolized by the Bear Flag and soon absorbed into U.S. control during the Mexican–American War.
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E.
Mexican Texas
Mexican Texas was the northeastern region of Mexico in the early 19th century, encompassing what is now Texas and serving as a frontier province marked by Anglo-American colonization, tensions over governance, and the roots of the Texas Revolution.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aafa51148190ab84940694c00235 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a260ab488190ab1c00d9850f3096 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ee87deb3888190842bd61efd7b3989 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.