Triple

T1884186
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North Branch Potomac River E39922 entity
Predicate hasTributary P415 FINISHED
Object Patterson Creek
Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the North Branch of the Potomac River.
E421187 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: Patterson Creek | Statement: [North Branch Potomac River, hasTributary, Patterson Creek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patterson Creek
Context triple: [North Branch Potomac River, hasTributary, Patterson Creek]
  • A. Patterson Creek
    Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the South Branch Potomac River.
  • B. Parker Creek
    Parker Creek is a significant stream in California’s Mono Basin that contributes to the region’s hydrology and ecosystem.
  • C. Gerritsen Creek
    Gerritsen Creek is a tidal creek in Brooklyn, New York, that runs through Marine Park and is known for its salt marshes and role in local urban ecology.
  • D. Grass Valley Creek
    Grass Valley Creek is a smaller watercourse in Southern California that feeds into the Mojave River within the arid Mojave Desert region.
  • E. Prosser Creek
    Prosser Creek is a small mountain stream in the Sierra Nevada of California that feeds into the Truckee River and is associated with the Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee.
  • 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: Patterson Creek
Triple: [North Branch Potomac River, hasTributary, Patterson Creek]
Generated description
Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the North Branch of the Potomac River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patterson Creek
Target entity description: Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the North Branch of the Potomac River.
  • A. Patterson Creek
    Patterson Creek is a significant stream in the eastern United States that drains parts of West Virginia and Maryland before joining the South Branch Potomac River.
  • B. Parker Creek
    Parker Creek is a significant stream in California’s Mono Basin that contributes to the region’s hydrology and ecosystem.
  • C. Gerritsen Creek
    Gerritsen Creek is a tidal creek in Brooklyn, New York, that runs through Marine Park and is known for its salt marshes and role in local urban ecology.
  • D. Grass Valley Creek
    Grass Valley Creek is a smaller watercourse in Southern California that feeds into the Mojave River within the arid Mojave Desert region.
  • E. Prosser Creek
    Prosser Creek is a small mountain stream in the Sierra Nevada of California that feeds into the Truckee River and is associated with the Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb11d3cd48190bbd3ef2cf62e0dff completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b594a6aac881908dbde61735ca8427 completed March 14, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b59669d7b08190b1cbacd9b694aa81 completed March 14, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b59762105481908e3534600486b82d completed March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.