Triple
T8172661
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thornapple River (Michigan) |
E190859
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDam |
P8736
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Irving Dam
Irving Dam is a man-made structure on Michigan’s Thornapple River used primarily for water level control and related river management.
|
E752616
|
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: Irving Dam | Statement: [Thornapple River (Michigan), hasDam, Irving Dam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Dam Context triple: [Thornapple River (Michigan), hasDam, Irving Dam]
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A.
Shawmut Dam
Shawmut Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on Maine’s Kennebec River, used for power generation and river flow management.
-
B.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
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C.
Granby Dam
Granby Dam is a major earthfill dam in Colorado that forms Lake Granby, a key storage reservoir supplying water for irrigation, municipal use, and power generation in the region.
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D.
Lewiston Dam
Lewiston Dam is a concrete structure on the Trinity River in Northern California that forms Lewiston Lake and helps regulate water storage and diversion within the Trinity River Basin.
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E.
Watertown Dam
Watertown Dam is a historic low-head dam on the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts, that once powered local industry and now helps regulate river flow and fish passage.
- 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: Irving Dam Triple: [Thornapple River (Michigan), hasDam, Irving Dam]
Generated description
Irving Dam is a man-made structure on Michigan’s Thornapple River used primarily for water level control and related river management.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irving Dam Target entity description: Irving Dam is a man-made structure on Michigan’s Thornapple River used primarily for water level control and related river management.
-
A.
Shawmut Dam
Shawmut Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on Maine’s Kennebec River, used for power generation and river flow management.
-
B.
Conklingville Dam
Conklingville Dam is a concrete gravity dam in New York that created the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir for flood control and hydroelectric power generation.
-
C.
Granby Dam
Granby Dam is a major earthfill dam in Colorado that forms Lake Granby, a key storage reservoir supplying water for irrigation, municipal use, and power generation in the region.
-
D.
Lewiston Dam
Lewiston Dam is a concrete structure on the Trinity River in Northern California that forms Lewiston Lake and helps regulate water storage and diversion within the Trinity River Basin.
-
E.
Watertown Dam
Watertown Dam is a historic low-head dam on the Charles River in Watertown, Massachusetts, that once powered local industry and now helps regulate river flow and fish passage.
- 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4807c9808190ad91a9c688a4c7fd |
completed | March 31, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf27abf324819098bd6ecfd5a4d8cc |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf2a6a91d48190aa7d45b0a010f261 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf2c0aace08190aca839c39e718c52 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:39 p.m.