Triple

T775320
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gobi Desert E16373 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Alxa Plateau
The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
E95571 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: Alxa Plateau | Statement: [Gobi Desert, contains, Alxa Plateau]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alxa Plateau
Context triple: [Gobi Desert, contains, Alxa Plateau]
  • A. Dzungarian Basin
    The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
  • B. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
    Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a vast, ethnically diverse autonomous region in northern China known for its grassland landscapes, coal and rare earth resources, and significant Mongol cultural heritage.
  • C. Hopei–Chahar region
    The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
  • D. Tarim Basin
    The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
  • E. Yan Mountains
    The Yan Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form a natural barrier between the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.
  • 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: Alxa Plateau
Triple: [Gobi Desert, contains, Alxa Plateau]
Generated description
The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alxa Plateau
Target entity description: The Alxa Plateau is a high, arid tableland in western Inner Mongolia, China, characterized by extensive deserts and rugged terrain within the broader Gobi region.
  • A. Dzungarian Basin
    The Dzungarian Basin is a large inland depression in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, known for its arid climate, steppe and desert landscapes, and significant oil and gas reserves.
  • B. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
    Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a vast, ethnically diverse autonomous region in northern China known for its grassland landscapes, coal and rare earth resources, and significant Mongol cultural heritage.
  • C. Hopei–Chahar region
    The Hopei–Chahar region was a historically significant area in northern China encompassing parts of modern Hebei and Inner Mongolia that became a focal point of Japanese military and political control in the 1930s.
  • D. Tarim Basin
    The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.
  • E. Yan Mountains
    The Yan Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form a natural barrier between the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.
  • 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_69a4a73236288190b82d66202f2f7399 completed March 1, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6891fb80481909ed2ce30789c945e completed March 3, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a689c9974c819082082cd83fe46cbc completed March 3, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6d763a7848190ba4d5266d581acdb completed March 3, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.