Triple
T13457967
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter Lassen |
E311281
|
entity |
| Predicate | fieldOfWork |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | American Westward expansion |
E38720
|
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: American Westward expansion | Statement: [Peter Lassen, fieldOfWork, American Westward expansion]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Westward expansion Context triple: [Peter Lassen, fieldOfWork, American Westward expansion]
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A.
United States territorial expansion
chosen
United States territorial expansion refers to the historical process by which the United States grew from a cluster of Atlantic coast colonies into a transcontinental nation through purchases, wars, treaties, and settlement.
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B.
WesternDevelopmentStrategy
WesternDevelopmentStrategy is a long-term Chinese government initiative aimed at accelerating economic growth and reducing regional disparities in the country’s western and inland provinces through large-scale investment and policy support.
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C.
Oregon territorial period
The Oregon territorial period was the era from 1848 to 1859 when the region that would become the state of Oregon was governed as a U.S. territory with its own appointed and elected officials.
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D.
In the American West
"In the American West" is a landmark photographic series and book by Richard Avedon that presents stark, large-format portraits of everyday people from the western United States, challenging romanticized myths of the region.
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E.
frontier thesis
The frontier thesis is a theory proposed by historian Frederick Jackson Turner that argues the American frontier experience fundamentally shaped the nation’s democracy, culture, and identity.
- 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaf0a75008190a508060c85f73604 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f739a001d08190ae5664c6670540e7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:41 p.m.