Triple

T4636386
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Straits Salish E101542 entity
Predicate ethnicGroup P194 FINISHED
Object Samish people
The Samish people are a Coast Salish Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the San Juan Islands and nearby mainland in what is now Washington State.
E459791 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: Samish people | Statement: [Northern Straits Salish, ethnicGroup, Samish people]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samish people
Context triple: [Northern Straits Salish, ethnicGroup, Samish people]
  • A. Wishram people
    The Wishram people are a Native American group of the Chinookan language family traditionally living along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for their river-based trade and fishing culture.
  • B. Lummi people
    The Lummi people are a Coast Salish Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the Puget Sound region of Washington State, with a rich fishing culture and deep spiritual ties to the surrounding land and waters.
  • C. Alsea people
    The Alsea people are a Native American group indigenous to the central Oregon coast, historically known for their fishing, hunting, and distinctive coastal culture and language.
  • D. Snohomish people
    The Snohomish people are a Native American tribe of the Coast Salish cultural and linguistic group indigenous to the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
  • E. Stillaguamish people
    The Stillaguamish people are a Coast Salish Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally living along the Stillaguamish River in what is now northwestern Washington State.
  • 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: Samish people
Triple: [Northern Straits Salish, ethnicGroup, Samish people]
Generated description
The Samish people are a Coast Salish Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the San Juan Islands and nearby mainland in what is now Washington State.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samish people
Target entity description: The Samish people are a Coast Salish Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the San Juan Islands and nearby mainland in what is now Washington State.
  • A. Wishram people
    The Wishram people are a Native American group of the Chinookan language family traditionally living along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, known for their river-based trade and fishing culture.
  • B. Lummi people
    The Lummi people are a Coast Salish Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally based around the Puget Sound region of Washington State, with a rich fishing culture and deep spiritual ties to the surrounding land and waters.
  • C. Alsea people
    The Alsea people are a Native American group indigenous to the central Oregon coast, historically known for their fishing, hunting, and distinctive coastal culture and language.
  • D. Snohomish people
    The Snohomish people are a Native American tribe of the Coast Salish cultural and linguistic group indigenous to the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
  • E. Stillaguamish people
    The Stillaguamish people are a Coast Salish Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally living along the Stillaguamish River in what is now northwestern Washington State.
  • 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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a60a66c8190b76f3d3a7da1df55 completed March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be0368d2748190bc8560ecb16e1997 completed March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be042adb8c8190b6889c3a5b9c18cc completed March 21, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be048f7d7881908ab19bd37c92b423 completed March 21, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.