Triple

T12527067
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Half-Life franchise E299466 entity
Predicate setting P1957 FINISHED
Object Black Mesa Research Facility
Black Mesa Research Facility is a secretive, high-tech research complex in the New Mexico desert that serves as the primary location of the original Half-Life game, where a disastrous experiment triggers an alien invasion and government cover-up.
E988278 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: Black Mesa Research Facility | Statement: [Half-Life franchise, setting, Black Mesa Research Facility]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Mesa Research Facility
Context triple: [Half-Life franchise, setting, Black Mesa Research Facility]
  • A. Black Mesa
    Black Mesa is a prominent elevated landform in the southwestern United States known for its striking mesas, rich fossil beds, and significant Native American cultural sites.
  • B. Weapon X Facility
    The Weapon X Facility is a secretive Marvel Comics laboratory complex where the Weapon Plus program conducted brutal experiments to create and control mutant and superhuman weapons, most famously Wolverine.
  • C. Aperture Science Enrichment Center
    The Aperture Science Enrichment Center is the vast, underground research facility and testing complex where the Portal series’ puzzle-based experiments and narrative unfold under the supervision of the AI GLaDOS.
  • D. Black Dome
    Black Dome is a prominent high peak in New York’s Catskill Mountains, known for its steep slopes, scenic views, and status as one of the range’s highest summits.
  • E. Area 41
    Area 41 is a designated FAO major fishing zone in the Atlantic Ocean used for global fisheries management and statistical reporting.
  • 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: Black Mesa Research Facility
Triple: [Half-Life franchise, setting, Black Mesa Research Facility]
Generated description
Black Mesa Research Facility is a secretive, high-tech research complex in the New Mexico desert that serves as the primary location of the original Half-Life game, where a disastrous experiment triggers an alien invasion and government cover-up.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Mesa Research Facility
Target entity description: Black Mesa Research Facility is a secretive, high-tech research complex in the New Mexico desert that serves as the primary location of the original Half-Life game, where a disastrous experiment triggers an alien invasion and government cover-up.
  • A. Black Mesa
    Black Mesa is a prominent elevated landform in the southwestern United States known for its striking mesas, rich fossil beds, and significant Native American cultural sites.
  • B. Weapon X Facility
    The Weapon X Facility is a secretive Marvel Comics laboratory complex where the Weapon Plus program conducted brutal experiments to create and control mutant and superhuman weapons, most famously Wolverine.
  • C. Aperture Science Enrichment Center
    The Aperture Science Enrichment Center is the vast, underground research facility and testing complex where the Portal series’ puzzle-based experiments and narrative unfold under the supervision of the AI GLaDOS.
  • D. Black Dome
    Black Dome is a prominent high peak in New York’s Catskill Mountains, known for its steep slopes, scenic views, and status as one of the range’s highest summits.
  • E. Area 41
    Area 41 is a designated FAO major fishing zone in the Atlantic Ocean used for global fisheries management and statistical reporting.
  • 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9545e90948190980bd4d64964a0f2 completed April 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64bc393808190add527030a928517 completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64c535c9881908e5bf07d13fa73c5 completed May 2, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6508afef08190ac7a19b1ee90141e completed May 2, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.