Triple

T802029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia Plateau E17148 entity
Predicate erodedBy P18790 FINISHED
Object Missoula floods
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
E95487 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Missoula floods | Statement: [Columbia Plateau, erodedBy, Missoula floods]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missoula floods
Context triple: [Columbia Plateau, erodedBy, Missoula floods]
  • A. Peshtigo Fire
    The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
  • B. Avalanche
    Avalanche is the codename for Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of mainland Italy during World War II that began with the Salerno landings in September 1943.
  • C. Black Saturday
    Black Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday that commemorates Jesus Christ’s body lying in the tomb and his followers’ mourning and waiting.
  • D. Nevada Fall
    Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
  • E. Great Midwest Fires of 1871
    The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
  • 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: Missoula floods
Triple: [Columbia Plateau, erodedBy, Missoula floods]
Generated description
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Missoula floods
Target entity description: The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
  • A. Peshtigo Fire
    The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
  • B. Avalanche
    Avalanche is the codename for Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of mainland Italy during World War II that began with the Salerno landings in September 1943.
  • C. Black Saturday
    Black Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday that commemorates Jesus Christ’s body lying in the tomb and his followers’ mourning and waiting.
  • D. Nevada Fall
    Nevada Fall is a prominent and picturesque waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, known for its powerful drop and dramatic granite surroundings.
  • E. Great Midwest Fires of 1871
    The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: erodedBy
Context triple: [Columbia Plateau, erodedBy, Missoula floods]
  • A. geomorphologicalProcess chosen
    Indicates a relationship where one entity undergoes or is shaped by natural earth-surface processes that modify landforms and terrain structure.
  • B. dikeBreaches
    Indicates that a dike fails or ruptures, allowing water to break through its barrier.
  • C. hasSedimentLoad
    Indicates that one entity (typically a water body or flow) carries or transports a certain amount or type of sediment associated with another entity.
  • D. damagedBy
    Indicates that one entity has caused harm, impairment, or deterioration to another entity.
  • E. sedimentSource
    Indicates that one entity serves as the origin or provider of sediment that is transported to or deposited in another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49378b9c48190adbf5f62e5b7aca1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ace495348190aec66f35ea90bc89 completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a68924e1048190ba60034c8b8b3b9e completed March 3, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a68a0f581c8190bdb2a9bda9bce1fa completed March 3, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6d6042aac8190ba0b092c4b3df66e completed March 3, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4aa70973c8190adbf08302d1103a9 completed March 1, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.