Triple

T768921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stanford Tree E16236 entity
Predicate inspiredBy P9 FINISHED
Object El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)
El Palo Alto is a centuries-old coastal redwood tree in Palo Alto, California, that serves as a historic landmark and namesake for the city and Stanford University.
 E91297 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: El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto) | Statement: [Stanford Tree, inspiredBy, El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)
Context triple: [Stanford Tree, inspiredBy, El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)]
  • A. Stanford Tree
    The Stanford Tree is the unofficial, whimsical and often irreverent costumed mascot of Stanford University’s marching band, known for its ever-changing, student-designed tree costume.
  • B. Berkeley Landmark
    Berkeley Landmark is a local historic designation in Berkeley, California, recognizing buildings, structures, and sites of significant architectural, cultural, or historical importance.
  • C. Alamo Square
    Alamo Square is a San Francisco neighborhood and park best known for its iconic Victorian houses and panoramic views of the city skyline.
  • D. Los Altos
    Los Altos is an affluent residential city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its quiet suburban character and proximity to major Silicon Valley tech hubs.
  • E. San Francisco Botanical Garden
    San Francisco Botanical Garden is a 55-acre living museum in San Francisco known for its diverse global plant collections and themed gardens.
  • 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: El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)
Triple: [Stanford Tree, inspiredBy, El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)]
Generated description
El Palo Alto is a centuries-old coastal redwood tree in Palo Alto, California, that serves as a historic landmark and namesake for the city and Stanford University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: El Palo Alto (historic redwood tree in Palo Alto)
Target entity description: El Palo Alto is a centuries-old coastal redwood tree in Palo Alto, California, that serves as a historic landmark and namesake for the city and Stanford University.
  • A. Stanford Tree
    The Stanford Tree is the unofficial, whimsical and often irreverent costumed mascot of Stanford University’s marching band, known for its ever-changing, student-designed tree costume.
  • B. Berkeley Landmark
    Berkeley Landmark is a local historic designation in Berkeley, California, recognizing buildings, structures, and sites of significant architectural, cultural, or historical importance.
  • C. Alamo Square
    Alamo Square is a San Francisco neighborhood and park best known for its iconic Victorian houses and panoramic views of the city skyline.
  • D. Los Altos
    Los Altos is an affluent residential city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, known for its quiet suburban character and proximity to major Silicon Valley tech hubs.
  • E. San Francisco Botanical Garden
    San Francisco Botanical Garden is a 55-acre living museum in San Francisco known for its diverse global plant collections and themed gardens.
  • 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_69a49369a0848190af883934cee3db4c completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a701e584819095905cf74d33e11c completed March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66678f7ac819095eafccf44c6588e completed March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a6698255d4819095df00abfe896eac completed March 3, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66a495cf08190b3a2e2002c089634 completed March 3, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.