Triple
T4967715
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Northwest Territory |
E111566
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entity |
| Predicate | legislativeBody |
P239
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory
The Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory was the early representative governing body that created laws and managed civil affairs for the United States’ Northwest Territory before statehood.
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E482896
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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: Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory | Statement: [Northwest Territory, legislativeBody, Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory Context triple: [Northwest Territory, legislativeBody, Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory]
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A.
Michigan Territorial Council
The Michigan Territorial Council was the appointed legislative assembly that governed the Michigan Territory before it achieved statehood in 1837.
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B.
Division of the Northwest Territory
The Division of the Northwest Territory was an early 19th-century reorganization of U.S. frontier lands that carved new territorial units, including what became the Michigan Territory, out of the original Northwest Territory.
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C.
Minnesota Territorial Legislature
The Minnesota Territorial Legislature was the governing body of the Minnesota Territory before statehood, responsible for creating counties, passing territorial laws, and shaping the region’s early political structure.
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D.
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
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E.
Territory South of the River Ohio
The Territory South of the River Ohio was a late 18th-century U.S. territorial government, commonly known as the Southwest Territory, that preceded the statehood of Tennessee.
- 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: Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory Triple: [Northwest Territory, legislativeBody, Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory]
Generated description
The Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory was the early representative governing body that created laws and managed civil affairs for the United States’ Northwest Territory before statehood.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory Target entity description: The Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory was the early representative governing body that created laws and managed civil affairs for the United States’ Northwest Territory before statehood.
-
A.
Michigan Territorial Council
The Michigan Territorial Council was the appointed legislative assembly that governed the Michigan Territory before it achieved statehood in 1837.
-
B.
Division of the Northwest Territory
The Division of the Northwest Territory was an early 19th-century reorganization of U.S. frontier lands that carved new territorial units, including what became the Michigan Territory, out of the original Northwest Territory.
-
C.
Minnesota Territorial Legislature
The Minnesota Territorial Legislature was the governing body of the Minnesota Territory before statehood, responsible for creating counties, passing territorial laws, and shaping the region’s early political structure.
-
D.
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was a 1787 act of the U.S. Congress that established the process for governing and admitting new states from the Northwest Territory, setting important precedents for westward expansion and the prohibition of slavery in that region.
-
E.
Territory South of the River Ohio
The Territory South of the River Ohio was a late 18th-century U.S. territorial government, commonly known as the Southwest Territory, that preceded the statehood of Tennessee.
- 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be81f43b60819091134778c6379893 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be82c740988190b1fc8af6bafba375 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be83cb23488190af7098f9d7af167f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.