Triple

T6759350
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Pacific Railway E154551 entity
Predicate mainRoute P6298 FINISHED
Object Lake Superior to Puget Sound
Lake Superior to Puget Sound refers to the transcontinental corridor across the northern United States linking the Great Lakes region with the Pacific Northwest.
E618670 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: Lake Superior to Puget Sound | Statement: [Northern Pacific Railway, mainRoute, Lake Superior to Puget Sound]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Superior to Puget Sound
Context triple: [Northern Pacific Railway, mainRoute, Lake Superior to Puget Sound]
  • A. Puget Sound
    Puget Sound is a complex system of interconnected marine waterways and basins in northwestern Washington State, known for its deep fjord-like inlets, rich marine ecosystems, and role as a major hub for shipping and coastal communities.
  • B. Salish Sea
    The Salish Sea is an intricate network of coastal waterways spanning the border between Washington State and British Columbia, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and deep cultural significance to Indigenous Coast Salish peoples.
  • C. Hood Canal
    Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
  • D. South Puget Sound
    South Puget Sound is the southernmost region of Washington State’s Puget Sound, known for its complex network of inlets, rich marine ecosystems, and proximity to cities like Olympia and Tacoma.
  • E. Great Lakes
    The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
  • 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: Lake Superior to Puget Sound
Triple: [Northern Pacific Railway, mainRoute, Lake Superior to Puget Sound]
Generated description
Lake Superior to Puget Sound refers to the transcontinental corridor across the northern United States linking the Great Lakes region with the Pacific Northwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lake Superior to Puget Sound
Target entity description: Lake Superior to Puget Sound refers to the transcontinental corridor across the northern United States linking the Great Lakes region with the Pacific Northwest.
  • A. Puget Sound
    Puget Sound is a complex system of interconnected marine waterways and basins in northwestern Washington State, known for its deep fjord-like inlets, rich marine ecosystems, and role as a major hub for shipping and coastal communities.
  • B. Salish Sea
    The Salish Sea is an intricate network of coastal waterways spanning the border between Washington State and British Columbia, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and deep cultural significance to Indigenous Coast Salish peoples.
  • C. Hood Canal
    Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
  • D. South Puget Sound
    South Puget Sound is the southernmost region of Washington State’s Puget Sound, known for its complex network of inlets, rich marine ecosystems, and proximity to cities like Olympia and Tacoma.
  • E. Great Lakes
    The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
  • 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_69c6880fd5808190be684854081e27dd completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d21143748190beaab2488971d65b completed March 27, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c712b0926c81909601f21407526fd9 completed March 27, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7135106288190b5b20523c3efa229 completed March 27, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7141cd52c8190a783590ad1067840 completed March 27, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:12 p.m.