Triple
T13413948
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Mulholland |
E313160
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
St. Francis Dam disaster
The St. Francis Dam disaster was a catastrophic 1928 dam failure in California that unleashed a deadly flood, killing hundreds and prompting major reforms in American dam engineering and water management.
|
E1038932
|
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: St. Francis Dam disaster | Statement: [William Mulholland, associatedWith, St. Francis Dam disaster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Francis Dam disaster Context triple: [William Mulholland, associatedWith, St. Francis Dam disaster]
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A.
Teton Dam failure flooding
Teton Dam failure flooding refers to the catastrophic 1976 collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, which unleashed a massive flood that devastated downstream communities such as Rexburg.
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B.
Vanport flood of 1948
The Vanport flood of 1948 was a catastrophic Columbia River flood that destroyed the wartime housing city of Vanport, Oregon, killing at least 15 people and displacing tens of thousands, many of them Black shipyard workers and their families.
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C.
Bonneville flood
The Bonneville flood was a massive prehistoric outburst flood that occurred when ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained, reshaping much of the Snake River Plain and surrounding landscapes in the northwestern United States.
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D.
Oroville Dam
Oroville Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River in Northern California, serving as a key water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric facility.
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E.
San Andreas Dam
San Andreas Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam in San Mateo County, California, that impounds San Andreas Lake as part of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 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: St. Francis Dam disaster Triple: [William Mulholland, associatedWith, St. Francis Dam disaster]
Generated description
The St. Francis Dam disaster was a catastrophic 1928 dam failure in California that unleashed a deadly flood, killing hundreds and prompting major reforms in American dam engineering and water management.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Francis Dam disaster Target entity description: The St. Francis Dam disaster was a catastrophic 1928 dam failure in California that unleashed a deadly flood, killing hundreds and prompting major reforms in American dam engineering and water management.
-
A.
Teton Dam failure flooding
Teton Dam failure flooding refers to the catastrophic 1976 collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, which unleashed a massive flood that devastated downstream communities such as Rexburg.
-
B.
Vanport flood of 1948
The Vanport flood of 1948 was a catastrophic Columbia River flood that destroyed the wartime housing city of Vanport, Oregon, killing at least 15 people and displacing tens of thousands, many of them Black shipyard workers and their families.
-
C.
Bonneville flood
The Bonneville flood was a massive prehistoric outburst flood that occurred when ancient Lake Bonneville catastrophically drained, reshaping much of the Snake River Plain and surrounding landscapes in the northwestern United States.
-
D.
Oroville Dam
Oroville Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River in Northern California, serving as a key water storage, flood control, and hydroelectric facility.
-
E.
San Andreas Dam
San Andreas Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam in San Mateo County, California, that impounds San Andreas Lake as part of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 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_69d806ad0c44819088833ae1ec9e9690 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaeb556948190af008c88e5bbf051 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7307e9b5881908eb2cd9e4fa7c5f2 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f73195e4d88190ad356d0e3e18d34f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f73220ffc08190bfb1b89757efd606 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:39 p.m.