Triple

T667440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seward’s Icebox E12895 entity
Predicate implies P1661 FINISHED
Object Alaska was economically worthless
"Alaska was economically worthless" reflects the 19th-century misconception that the Alaska Territory, purchased from Russia in 1867, lacked significant economic value or resources.
E82710 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: Alaska was economically worthless | Statement: [Seward’s Icebox, implies, Alaska was economically worthless]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alaska was economically worthless
Context triple: [Seward’s Icebox, implies, Alaska was economically worthless]
  • A. Southcentral Alaska
    Southcentral Alaska is a populous and relatively accessible region of Alaska known for its largest city, Anchorage, and its mix of coastal fjords, mountains, and boreal forests.
  • B. Alaska Region
    Alaska Region is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s regional office responsible for managing offshore energy and mineral resources in the waters off Alaska.
  • C. southwestern Alaska
    Southwestern Alaska is a remote, sparsely populated region of Alaska characterized by tundra landscapes, rich Indigenous cultures, and a subarctic maritime climate along the Bering Sea coast.
  • D. Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program
    The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program is a state-run initiative that annually distributes a share of Alaska’s oil and mineral revenue earnings directly to eligible residents.
  • E. Interior Alaska
    Interior Alaska is a vast, largely wilderness region in central Alaska known for its extreme seasonal temperatures, boreal forests, and frequent displays of the aurora borealis.
  • 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: Alaska was economically worthless
Triple: [Seward’s Icebox, implies, Alaska was economically worthless]
Generated description
"Alaska was economically worthless" reflects the 19th-century misconception that the Alaska Territory, purchased from Russia in 1867, lacked significant economic value or resources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alaska was economically worthless
Target entity description: "Alaska was economically worthless" reflects the 19th-century misconception that the Alaska Territory, purchased from Russia in 1867, lacked significant economic value or resources.
  • A. Southcentral Alaska
    Southcentral Alaska is a populous and relatively accessible region of Alaska known for its largest city, Anchorage, and its mix of coastal fjords, mountains, and boreal forests.
  • B. Alaska Region
    Alaska Region is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s regional office responsible for managing offshore energy and mineral resources in the waters off Alaska.
  • C. southwestern Alaska
    Southwestern Alaska is a remote, sparsely populated region of Alaska characterized by tundra landscapes, rich Indigenous cultures, and a subarctic maritime climate along the Bering Sea coast.
  • D. Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program
    The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend program is a state-run initiative that annually distributes a share of Alaska’s oil and mineral revenue earnings directly to eligible residents.
  • E. Interior Alaska
    Interior Alaska is a vast, largely wilderness region in central Alaska known for its extreme seasonal temperatures, boreal forests, and frequent displays of the aurora borealis.
  • 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_69a493355dec819098d4244b2fa34885 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49ff7ca788190bef58ce46849b9d0 completed March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c39d11508190a3bd0f118d122e1a completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c486463c8190905f9b0cbc0ba053 completed March 2, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5ce6be0b081909067962eef2ba7a2 completed March 2, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.