Triple

T1456005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tulare Basin E31401 entity
Predicate containsFormer P23708 FINISHED
Object Tulare Lake
Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the United States, located in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley.
E171781 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Tulare Lake | Statement: [Tulare Basin, containsFormer, Tulare Lake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tulare Lake
Context triple: [Tulare Basin, containsFormer, Tulare Lake]
  • A. Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea is a large, saline, endorheic lake in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, known for its fluctuating water levels, high salinity, and significant environmental and ecological challenges.
  • B. Mono Lake
    Mono Lake is a large, ancient saline soda lake in eastern California renowned for its striking tufa towers, high salinity, and unique ecosystem supporting migratory birds and brine shrimp.
  • C. Owens Lake
    Owens Lake is a largely dry, saline lake in California’s Eastern Sierra region, known for its dust pollution issues and ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
  • D. Shasta Lake
    Shasta Lake is a large reservoir in Northern California known for its extensive shoreline, houseboating, and proximity to Mount Shasta.
  • E. West Basin
    West Basin is a western section of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, known for its waterfront promenades, recreational spaces, and proximity to key civic and cultural precincts.
  • 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: Tulare Lake
Triple: [Tulare Basin, containsFormer, Tulare Lake]
Generated description
Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the United States, located in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tulare Lake
Target entity description: Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the United States, located in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley.
  • A. Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea is a large, saline, endorheic lake in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, known for its fluctuating water levels, high salinity, and significant environmental and ecological challenges.
  • B. Mono Lake
    Mono Lake is a large, ancient saline soda lake in eastern California renowned for its striking tufa towers, high salinity, and unique ecosystem supporting migratory birds and brine shrimp.
  • C. Owens Lake
    Owens Lake is a largely dry, saline lake in California’s Eastern Sierra region, known for its dust pollution issues and ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
  • D. Shasta Lake
    Shasta Lake is a large reservoir in Northern California known for its extensive shoreline, houseboating, and proximity to Mount Shasta.
  • E. West Basin
    West Basin is a western section of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, known for its waterfront promenades, recreational spaces, and proximity to key civic and cultural precincts.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: containsFormer
Context triple: [Tulare Basin, containsFormer, Tulare Lake]
  • A. hasFormerAnchor
    Indicates that an entity previously served as an anchor (e.g., host or main presenter) for another entity, but no longer holds that role.
  • B. containsForm
    Indicates that one entity includes or encapsulates another entity as a form, structure, or representation within it.
  • C. isFormerEntity
    Indicates that an entity previously held a particular status, role, or identity but no longer does so.
  • D. hasFormerService
    Indicates that an entity previously provided a service to another entity but no longer does so.
  • E. previouslyComposedOf chosen
    Indicates that something was formerly made up of or constituted by certain parts, elements, or members, but no longer is.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49917dfc081909acdbdf5d684f1ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c581714881909bf4c2bad9645176 completed March 1, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad2328670c819087a2d8b047b67ee8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23ac782481909575f00ce3d7b382 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24411d0081909ab2fab326eecd6d completed March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4c47cdbd0819092022344a2f4ad7b completed March 1, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.