Triple
T3609413
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Curtis Howe Springer |
E76448
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Zzyzx, California |
E2801
|
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: Zzyzx, California | Statement: [Curtis Howe Springer, founded, Zzyzx, California]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zzyzx, California Context triple: [Curtis Howe Springer, founded, Zzyzx, California]
-
A.
Zzyzx, California
chosen
Zzyzx, California is a remote former health spa site and unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, best known for its unusual name and location near Soda Dry Lake along Interstate 15.
-
B.
Alamo, Nevada
Alamo, Nevada is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Nevada known as a gateway to nearby natural attractions such as the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge.
-
C.
Slab City
Slab City is an off-grid, largely lawless squatter community in the California desert known for its alternative lifestyle, artistic installations, and lack of formal infrastructure.
-
D.
Calexico, California
Calexico, California is a small border city in Imperial County that serves as a major gateway for trade and travel between the United States and Mexicali, Mexico.
-
E.
Tombstone, Arizona
Tombstone, Arizona is a historic frontier mining town famous for its Wild West gunfights, especially the 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- 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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc22b824c8190a85b36185d4957bb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4330de7a08190933aa7e9dc0a65be |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.