Triple

T8178666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject La Salle, Illinois E191004 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle E205601 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle | Statement: [La Salle, Illinois, namedAfter, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Context triple: [La Salle, Illinois, namedAfter, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]
  • A. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle chosen
    René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer best known for his expeditions in North America, including claiming the Mississippi River basin for France and helping to expand the territory of New France.
  • B. Gadifer de La Salle
    Gadifer de La Salle was a French Norman knight and explorer known for leading early 15th-century expeditions to the Canary Islands.
  • C. Jacques Marquette
    Jacques Marquette was a 17th-century French Jesuit missionary and explorer known for his expeditions in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
  • D. Henri de Tonti
    Henri de Tonti was a 17th-century Italian-born French explorer and soldier known for his role in exploring the Mississippi River valley and assisting René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in North American expeditions.
  • E. Louis Jolliet
    Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4abb66bc81908d758c7af2e23ac6 completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.