Triple
T8727068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye |
E207155
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthPlace |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Trois-Rivières, New France
Trois-Rivières, New France was an important early French colonial settlement in what is now Quebec, Canada, serving as a strategic fur-trading and missionary center along the St. Lawrence River.
|
E753358
|
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: Trois-Rivières, New France | Statement: [Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, birthPlace, Trois-Rivières, New France]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trois-Rivières, New France Context triple: [Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, birthPlace, Trois-Rivières, New France]
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A.
Ville-Marie, New France
Ville-Marie, New France was the early French colonial settlement that later grew into the city of Montreal in present-day Quebec, Canada.
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B.
Port-Cartier
Port-Cartier is a coastal industrial town and seaport in Quebec, Canada, known for its iron ore shipping facilities and location along the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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C.
Stadacona
Stadacona is a major shore-based facility within Canadian Forces Base Halifax that serves as an administrative, training, and support hub for Royal Canadian Navy operations on the Atlantic coast.
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D.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to eastern Quebec and the Maritimes.
- 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: Trois-Rivières, New France Triple: [Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, birthPlace, Trois-Rivières, New France]
Generated description
Trois-Rivières, New France was an important early French colonial settlement in what is now Quebec, Canada, serving as a strategic fur-trading and missionary center along the St. Lawrence River.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trois-Rivières, New France Target entity description: Trois-Rivières, New France was an important early French colonial settlement in what is now Quebec, Canada, serving as a strategic fur-trading and missionary center along the St. Lawrence River.
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A.
Ville-Marie, New France
Ville-Marie, New France was the early French colonial settlement that later grew into the city of Montreal in present-day Quebec, Canada.
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B.
Port-Cartier
Port-Cartier is a coastal industrial town and seaport in Quebec, Canada, known for its iron ore shipping facilities and location along the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
-
C.
Stadacona
Stadacona is a major shore-based facility within Canadian Forces Base Halifax that serves as an administrative, training, and support hub for Royal Canadian Navy operations on the Atlantic coast.
-
D.
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord landscapes, aluminum industry, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to eastern Quebec and the Maritimes.
- 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_69ca835811d8819081ea00fd2a2c9a1c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5d16cba881908e2a14b60ae65524 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf291b737481909a90e482273c5f76 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf2bd42e6081908e016303eeb2241f |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf2ce47b748190b883063dc3e5d16b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:37 p.m.