Triple
T14295700
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John R. Swanton |
E354431
|
entity |
| Predicate | wrote |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Indian Tribes of North America
The Indian Tribes of North America is a comprehensive ethnographic and historical survey of Native American tribes across the continent, detailing their cultures, locations, and histories.
|
E352730
|
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: The Indian Tribes of North America | Statement: [John R. Swanton, wrote, The Indian Tribes of North America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Indian Tribes of North America Context triple: [John R. Swanton, wrote, The Indian Tribes of North America]
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A.
The North American Indian
The North American Indian is a monumental early 20th-century photographic and ethnographic series by Edward S. Curtis documenting the lives, cultures, and traditions of numerous Native American tribes across North America.
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B.
Handbook of North American Indians
The Handbook of North American Indians is a comprehensive, multi-volume reference work published by the Smithsonian Institution that synthesizes anthropological, historical, and cultural information on Indigenous peoples of North America.
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C.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
The *Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico* is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work compiling ethnographic, historical, and linguistic information on Indigenous peoples and tribes across North America.
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D.
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians is George Catlin’s influential 19th-century ethnographic work documenting the lives, cultures, and traditions of numerous Native American tribes he encountered in the American West.
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E.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Handbook of the Indians of California is a landmark ethnographic and anthropological survey of Indigenous peoples in California authored by Alfred L. Kroeber.
- 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: The Indian Tribes of North America Triple: [John R. Swanton, wrote, The Indian Tribes of North America]
Generated description
The Indian Tribes of North America is a comprehensive ethnographic and historical survey of Native American tribes across the continent, detailing their cultures, locations, and histories.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Indian Tribes of North America Target entity description: The Indian Tribes of North America is a comprehensive ethnographic and historical survey of Native American tribes across the continent, detailing their cultures, locations, and histories.
-
A.
The North American Indian
The North American Indian is a monumental early 20th-century photographic and ethnographic series by Edward S. Curtis documenting the lives, cultures, and traditions of numerous Native American tribes across North America.
-
B.
Handbook of North American Indians
The Handbook of North American Indians is a comprehensive, multi-volume reference work published by the Smithsonian Institution that synthesizes anthropological, historical, and cultural information on Indigenous peoples of North America.
-
C.
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
chosen
The *Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico* is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work compiling ethnographic, historical, and linguistic information on Indigenous peoples and tribes across North America.
-
D.
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians is George Catlin’s influential 19th-century ethnographic work documenting the lives, cultures, and traditions of numerous Native American tribes he encountered in the American West.
-
E.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Handbook of the Indians of California is a landmark ethnographic and anthropological survey of Indigenous peoples in California authored by Alfred L. Kroeber.
- F. None of above.
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_69d8278e17088190b328c5a9d4be74ff |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de717b35ec81908968994e65737c66 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd3d246ccc81909e9fe8b4487dcc88 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd3eabe838819099664221953ba756 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd3f29b2148190931d415d6d5550a6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:11 a.m.