Triple
T13573984
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butterfield Overland Mail |
E324234
|
entity |
| Predicate | via |
P5680
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Southern California |
E716
|
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: Southern California | Statement: [Butterfield Overland Mail, via, Southern California]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern California Context triple: [Butterfield Overland Mail, via, Southern California]
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A.
Southern California
chosen
Southern California is the populous, culturally diverse, and economically significant southern portion of California known for its warm climate, entertainment industry, and major cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.
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B.
Central California
Central California is a large, predominantly agricultural region in the middle of the state of California, encompassing the fertile Central Valley and parts of the coastal and inland areas between Northern and Southern California.
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C.
southeastern California
Southeastern California is a largely arid region of the U.S. state of California that includes parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts and features extensive dune systems and rugged desert landscapes.
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D.
Los Angeles Basin
The Los Angeles Basin is a large coastal lowland region in Southern California that encompasses the city of Los Angeles and its surrounding urban area, bordered by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
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E.
West Coast Region
West Coast Region is an administrative division in western Gambia that includes major urban centers such as Serekunda and forms part of the country’s Atlantic coastal area.
- 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_69d80769100c819099111274614f5ed2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb0106cb48190b20eb9bda131a68a |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f76bb827d48190958e5710d554cd04 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.