Triple

T7169597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John W. Gunnison E167158 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Gunnison–Beckwith survey
The Gunnison–Beckwith survey was a mid-19th-century U.S. Army exploration and mapping expedition that assessed potential railroad routes across the central Rocky Mountains.
E647180 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: Gunnison–Beckwith survey | Statement: [John W. Gunnison, knownFor, Gunnison–Beckwith survey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gunnison–Beckwith survey
Context triple: [John W. Gunnison, knownFor, Gunnison–Beckwith survey]
  • A. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
    The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
  • B. Hayden Survey
    The Hayden Survey was a 19th-century U.S. geological and geographical exploration led by Ferdinand V. Hayden that extensively mapped and studied the American West, including parts of Colorado.
  • C. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • D. Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
    The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
  • E. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • 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: Gunnison–Beckwith survey
Triple: [John W. Gunnison, knownFor, Gunnison–Beckwith survey]
Generated description
The Gunnison–Beckwith survey was a mid-19th-century U.S. Army exploration and mapping expedition that assessed potential railroad routes across the central Rocky Mountains.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gunnison–Beckwith survey
Target entity description: The Gunnison–Beckwith survey was a mid-19th-century U.S. Army exploration and mapping expedition that assessed potential railroad routes across the central Rocky Mountains.
  • A. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
    The U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region was a 19th-century federal scientific survey that conducted pioneering geological and topographical investigations across the Rocky Mountains in the American West.
  • B. Hayden Survey
    The Hayden Survey was a 19th-century U.S. geological and geographical exploration led by Ferdinand V. Hayden that extensively mapped and studied the American West, including parts of Colorado.
  • C. U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
    The U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel was a major 19th-century American scientific survey that mapped and studied the geology and natural resources along the 40th parallel in the western United States.
  • D. Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters
    The Raynolds Expedition to the Yellowstone and Missouri River headwaters was an 1859–1860 U.S. Army topographical survey that produced some of the earliest detailed scientific and geographic information about the northern Rocky Mountains and the Yellowstone region.
  • E. Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California
    Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.
  • 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_69c68888c10c819095e0383020225758 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e85d8f208190915f6f4c05988b63 completed March 27, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7b9094a8c81909e9d5b91ec714831 completed March 28, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7b9e55f84819099af471a65bb68aa completed March 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7ba9317548190946e21c2731d58a7 completed March 28, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:48 p.m.