Triple

T9253239

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Middle Mississippian	`E222375`	entity
Predicate	culturalRegion	`P1968`	FINISHED
Object	Eastern North America Eastern North America is a broad geographic and cultural region of the continent encompassing the lands east of the Great Plains, including the Great Lakes, Appalachian Mountains, and Atlantic coastal areas.	`E789265`	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: Eastern North America | Statement: [Middle Mississippian, culturalRegion, Eastern North America]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern North America
Context triple: [Middle Mississippian, culturalRegion, Eastern North America]

A. Northeastern North America
Northeastern North America is a broad geographic region encompassing the northeastern portion of the continent, including areas of present-day eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
B. Eastern United States
The Eastern United States is the region of the country along and near the Atlantic coast, encompassing densely populated states, major historic cities, and key economic and political centers.
C. Northern United States
The Northern United States is the broad region of U.S. states that stretch along the country’s northern border, characterized by colder climates, significant industrial and urban centers, and proximity to Canada.
D. United States East
United States East is a major cloud computing region in the eastern United States that hosts Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure to serve customers with low-latency, locally compliant services.
E. Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a densely populated and historically significant region of the country known for its major metropolitan areas, economic influence, and role in American politics and culture.
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: Eastern North America
Triple: [Middle Mississippian, culturalRegion, Eastern North America]

Generated description

Eastern North America is a broad geographic and cultural region of the continent encompassing the lands east of the Great Plains, including the Great Lakes, Appalachian Mountains, and Atlantic coastal areas.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern North America
Target entity description: Eastern North America is a broad geographic and cultural region of the continent encompassing the lands east of the Great Plains, including the Great Lakes, Appalachian Mountains, and Atlantic coastal areas.

A. Northeastern North America
Northeastern North America is a broad geographic region encompassing the northeastern portion of the continent, including areas of present-day eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
B. Eastern United States
The Eastern United States is the region of the country along and near the Atlantic coast, encompassing densely populated states, major historic cities, and key economic and political centers.
C. Northern United States
The Northern United States is the broad region of U.S. states that stretch along the country’s northern border, characterized by colder climates, significant industrial and urban centers, and proximity to Canada.
D. United States East
United States East is a major cloud computing region in the eastern United States that hosts Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure to serve customers with low-latency, locally compliant services.
E. Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a densely populated and historically significant region of the country known for its major metropolitan areas, economic influence, and role in American politics and culture.
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_69ca841e4cd481908e738c74e958eaea`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cd06b0789481908e8e44ebf1b3c713`	completed	April 1, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d0b1d046ac81908deffb4215bbeb82`	completed	April 4, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d0b2e45674819091c7e1102c8844a5`	completed	April 4, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d0b36590088190a92401d5f6c4c947`	completed	April 4, 2026, 6:44 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:31 p.m.