Triple
T15701266
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Late Archaic period |
E380597
|
entity |
| Predicate | spatialLocation |
P76038
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Southwestern North America
Southwestern North America is a culturally and geographically diverse region encompassing arid and semi-arid landscapes, including deserts, plateaus, and mountain ranges, that has long been home to numerous Indigenous peoples and complex prehistoric societies.
|
E9670
|
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: Southwestern North America | Statement: [Late Archaic period, spatialLocation, Southwestern North America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern North America Context triple: [Late Archaic period, spatialLocation, Southwestern North America]
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A.
southwestern United States
The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.
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B.
Northwestern Mexico
Northwestern Mexico is a geographic region of Mexico along the Pacific coast known for its desert landscapes, coastal plains, and states such as Sinaloa, Sonora, and Baja California.
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C.
Sonoran–Mojave transition zone
The Sonoran–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically rich region in the southwestern United States where the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts overlap, creating a unique blend of plant and animal communities from both desert ecosystems.
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D.
North American deserts
North American deserts are a group of major arid regions across the continent, including the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin deserts, characterized by sparse rainfall, unique desert ecosystems, and extreme temperature variations.
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E.
Southwest Arizona
Southwest Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its hot, arid climate, border communities, and proximity to the Colorado River and Mexico.
- 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: Southwestern North America Triple: [Late Archaic period, spatialLocation, Southwestern North America]
Generated description
Southwestern North America is a culturally and geographically diverse region encompassing arid and semi-arid landscapes, including deserts, plateaus, and mountain ranges, that has long been home to numerous Indigenous peoples and complex prehistoric societies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern North America Target entity description: Southwestern North America is a culturally and geographically diverse region encompassing arid and semi-arid landscapes, including deserts, plateaus, and mountain ranges, that has long been home to numerous Indigenous peoples and complex prehistoric societies.
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A.
southwestern United States
chosen
The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.
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B.
Northwestern Mexico
Northwestern Mexico is a geographic region of Mexico along the Pacific coast known for its desert landscapes, coastal plains, and states such as Sinaloa, Sonora, and Baja California.
-
C.
Sonoran–Mojave transition zone
The Sonoran–Mojave transition zone is an ecologically rich region in the southwestern United States where the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts overlap, creating a unique blend of plant and animal communities from both desert ecosystems.
-
D.
North American deserts
North American deserts are a group of major arid regions across the continent, including the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin deserts, characterized by sparse rainfall, unique desert ecosystems, and extreme temperature variations.
-
E.
Southwest Arizona
Southwest Arizona is a desert region of the U.S. state of Arizona known for its hot, arid climate, border communities, and proximity to the Colorado River and Mexico.
- 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_69d86d99e860819094b6957cde470f2c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e142df48e8819083a48d3b7b3f7f5d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff75756ecc8190bd2123ddfd080fd1 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff763d40348190bf102da746420390 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff76ec45948190bee47609c0d2fd10 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.