Triple
T3956918
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Iowa River |
E85803
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMajorFloodEvent |
P17084
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Iowa flood of 2008
The Iowa flood of 2008 was a devastating series of floods across Iowa that inundated numerous communities, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and agriculture, and led to large-scale evacuations and federal disaster declarations.
|
E401262
|
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: Iowa flood of 2008 | Statement: [Iowa River, hasMajorFloodEvent, Iowa flood of 2008]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa flood of 2008 Context triple: [Iowa River, hasMajorFloodEvent, Iowa flood of 2008]
-
A.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
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B.
Great Sioux City Flood of 1892
The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
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C.
2008 Kosi flood
The 2008 Kosi flood was a catastrophic river flood in northern India and Nepal that displaced millions of people and caused widespread destruction when the Kosi River dramatically changed its course.
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D.
2003 Dead River flood
The 2003 Dead River flood was a major dam-failure-induced flooding event in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that caused significant damage in and around the city of Marquette.
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E.
Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
- 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: Iowa flood of 2008 Triple: [Iowa River, hasMajorFloodEvent, Iowa flood of 2008]
Generated description
The Iowa flood of 2008 was a devastating series of floods across Iowa that inundated numerous communities, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and agriculture, and led to large-scale evacuations and federal disaster declarations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa flood of 2008 Target entity description: The Iowa flood of 2008 was a devastating series of floods across Iowa that inundated numerous communities, caused widespread damage to infrastructure and agriculture, and led to large-scale evacuations and federal disaster declarations.
-
A.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
-
B.
Great Sioux City Flood of 1892
The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
-
C.
2008 Kosi flood
The 2008 Kosi flood was a catastrophic river flood in northern India and Nepal that displaced millions of people and caused widespread destruction when the Kosi River dramatically changed its course.
-
D.
2003 Dead River flood
The 2003 Dead River flood was a major dam-failure-induced flooding event in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that caused significant damage in and around the city of Marquette.
-
E.
Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
- 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_69aed93a96908190bcbdbfa718f155bd |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef95bbb9c8190bd64c5b7ea2f341a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b533b1bd1c81909d901ee334cb7b31 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b53490827481909586fb8031a78b49 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b53540217c819089b9ae3441805bac |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m.