Triple

T5520938
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitewater River (California) E144804 entity
Predicate flowsToward P967 FINISHED
Object Salton Sea E15864 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Salton Sea | Statement: [Whitewater River (California), flowsToward, Salton Sea]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salton Sea
Context triple: [Whitewater River (California), flowsToward, Salton Sea]
  • A. Salton Sea chosen
    The Salton Sea is a large, saline, endorheic lake in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, known for its fluctuating water levels, high salinity, and significant environmental and ecological challenges.
  • B. Tulare Lake
    Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River in the United States, located in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley.
  • C. Owens Lake
    Owens Lake is a largely dry, saline lake in California’s Eastern Sierra region, known for its dust pollution issues and ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
  • D. Mono Lake
    Mono Lake is a large, ancient saline soda lake in eastern California renowned for its striking tufa towers, high salinity, and unique ecosystem supporting migratory birds and brine shrimp.
  • E. Salton Trough
    The Salton Trough is a tectonic depression in Southern California and northern Mexico that forms the northernmost extension of the Gulf of California rift zone.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008f873a481909b4d9f7e2db3c37d elicitation completed
NER batch_69c01f7227a8819080c9f074afe0eaac ner completed
NED1 batch_69c04ccba3f08190beae13063bbc4484 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:33 p.m.